San Mateo Housing Measure Holds Razor-Thin Lead

San Mateo CA

19 November, 2020

1:43 PM

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SAN MATEO, CA — A San Mateo ballot measure that would extend a previously approved amend the city's General Plan is nearing passage with a razor-thin lead. Measure Y led by just 34 votes as of Wednesday, but that lead appears to be insurmountable with scant few votes yet to be counted. San Mateo County elections officials estimated there were around 200 outstanding ballots as of Wednesday, although it is not known how many of those are from the City of San Mateo. Proponents of Measure Y led with 22,950 votes (50.4 percent) as of Wednesday. Opponents of the measure garnered 22,916 votes (49.96 percent). Measure Y would amend the General Plan to allow the construction height limit of 55 feet to remain in effect for another 10 years. Measures Y and R were competing measures on the Nov. 3 ballot. Measure R, which lost by more than 4,000 votes, would have loosened upzoning restrictions around Caltrain stations. Measure Y keeps such restrictions in place.