Petition to San Mateo City Council
We, the undersigned residents of San Mateo, oppose designating the District 1 Baywood neighborhood a historic district.
Historic designation will significantly impact the rights of property owners by increasing red tape, limiting design choices, increasing costs to maintain and update homes, and making it more difficult to sell properties. Historic districts are a permanent designation, without exemption or exception, that will cast a shadow over the Baywood neighborhood.
We cannot allow a small group of unelected individuals from the Baywood Neighborhood Association and San Mateo Heritage Alliance to usurp our property rights without the approval of the Baywood property owners, City staff or the City Council.
The District 1 representative, Deputy Mayor Diaz Nash, has recused herself from any discussion related to a Baywood historic district due to her husband’s involvement in the San Mateo Heritage Alliance, which is organizing the historic designation effort, and their positions as President and Vice President of the Baywood Neighborhood Association, which is supporting the effort.
We call on San Mateo elected officials, including Deputy Mayor Nash, to represent their constituents who are opposed to historic designation. District 1 needs a voice on the dais. Stop the attack on our property rights. Submit a letter of opposition to the California State Historical Resources Commission - silence is unacceptable!
(By signing the petition, your address will be used to determine your neighborhood district and will not be made public.)
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