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Update San Mateo’s City Charter to reflect its existing district elections and revise council procedures. Changes include extending the vacancy-filling period from 30 to 60 days, allowing meeting schedules by resolution, changing emergency-ordinance publication and expiration rules, and removing obsolete provisions. The city attorney’s analysis describes additional amendments.
Official source: https://smcacre.gov/elections/november-3-2026-statewide-general-election
Approval requirement: Majority (county listing).
Shall the measure amending the City of San Mateo’s Charter to reflect the City’s current district-based election system, update the process for scheduling Council meetings and filling Council vacancies, update or remove obsolete provisions, and make other technical and conforming changes, be adopted?
Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 2). Wording transcribed from the official filing; line breaks and spacing normalized.
CalBallot explanation: AI-assisted, checked against the cited official documents. It is separate from the official ballot question and from campaign arguments.
Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 2); City attorney’s impartial analysis (PDF pages 1, 2)
Content reviewed 2026-10-08. Source files checked 2026-10-08. Links open the county’s current files, which may change after review.
19 of 27 recorded Charter Amendment measures in San Mateo passed between 2000 and 2022.
Same county and broad measure type. These measures may have different purposes and voting rules. Historical outcomes are not a forecast.
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SAN MATEO Measure Z
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