Issue Archive

active • Development

Created by CivicCause

Last activity: May 25, 2026

El Camino Real — Belmont's primary commercial and transit spine — is simultaneously the city's most important economic corridor and one of its most dangerous roads for pedestrians and cyclists. With substantial housing planned along El Cami…

active • Traffic & Congestion

Created by CivicCause

Last activity: May 25, 2026

Belmont's hillside neighborhoods — governed by the Hillside Residential and Open Space (HRO) zoning districts — sit on some of the Peninsula's most geologically complex and slope-prone terrain. The HRO districts are subject to geologic and …

active • Housing

Created by CivicCause

Last activity: May 25, 2026

Despite significant rezoning activity along its El Camino Real corridor, Belmont has not yet met its state-mandated RHNA targets for low and very-low-income housing. The California Department of Housing and Community Development has determi…

active • Development

Created by CivicCause

Last activity: May 25, 2026

Belmont sits squarely in the path of SB 79, California's new transit-oriented housing law, with its Caltrain station at 995 El Camino Real serving as a Tier 1 qualifying stop. SB 79, which takes effect July 1, 2026, overrides local height a…

active • Police Accountability

Created by CivicCause

Last activity: May 24, 2026

San Mateo County is still working through the fallout of one of the most dramatic law enforcement governance crises in the Bay Area in recent memory. In May 2025, an independent investigation found evidence of conflicts of interest, misuse …

active • Budget Priorities

Created by CivicCause

Last activity: May 24, 2026

San Mateo County is fighting one of the most consequential — and least publicized — fiscal injustices in California. The dispute centers on "in-lieu VLF" replacement funding that counties and cities receive tied to a vehicle license fee red…