Julia Mates
Candidate for Mayor, Belmont · Mayor of Belmont
Julia Mates serves as Mayor of Belmont and chairs the San Mateo County Transportation Authority board. She is a director on the San Mateo County Consolidated Fire District board, having previously chaired it for three years, and a member of the San Mateo County Libraries JPA Governing Board, which she also previously chaired. During her tenure the city has repaved Ralston Avenue with protected left turns on Old County Road, rehabilitated storm and sanitation infrastructure, completed a Parks and Open Space Master Plan, appointed a city historian, and helped build hundreds of units of affordable housing.
Positions in brief
Mates highlights public safety and emergency preparedness, climate action, and preserving parks, trails, and open space as her priorities, building on infrastructure and housing gains during her tenure.
Mates points to repaving Ralston Avenue with protected left turns on Old County Road, rehabilitating the city's storm and sanitation infrastructure, completing a Parks and Open Space Master Plan, and helping build hundreds of affordable housing units as accomplishments, and lists public safety and emergency preparedness, climate action, and preserving parks, trails, and open space among her ongoing priorities.
On the issues
- Infrastructure & Transportation
Points to repaving Ralston Avenue with protected left turns and rehabilitating storm/sanitation infrastructure as accomplishments
“repaving Ralston Avenue and installing protected left turns on Old County Road”
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Lists climate action goals and preserving parks, trails, and open space among her priorities
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Prioritizes public safety and emergency preparedness
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Cites construction of hundreds of affordable housing units during her tenure
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