The San Mateo City Council approved its consent calendar (items 1–13) by unanimous 5–0 roll-call vote at its Dec. 1 meeting. The consent calendar included routine approvals and several project agreements, such as a digital evidence software subscription, parking enforcement amendment, a multi-jurisdictional disparate impact study (HEART MOU), Marina Lagoon pump station hydraulic modeling, and capital maintenance agreements.

Before the council voted, City Attorney Persana Resaya clarified that the new tenant-protection ordinance will carry forward a corrected citation to state law (recorded in the meeting as "civil code section 19 46.2 b 2"). Resaya said that correction ensures the ordinance’s 11-month threshold applies to tenants covered by the ordinance in no-fault just-cause evictions.

Public comment on the consent calendar included Edgar Ryan Silva, who spoke in strong support of item 5, urging data-driven targeting of displacement. Silva told the council that "the county recently committed over $41,000,000 to build 636 new affordable homes across San Mateo County" and urged robust community engagement once geospatial results are published. Silva also cited local rental pressure in North Central and said the average two-bedroom rent in San Mateo is now over $4,000 a month, while a full-time minimum-wage worker earns roughly $2,860 a month before taxes.

Mike Swire, speaking virtually, added that one equity-priority criterion is the percentage of households without a car, and he criticized the slow pace of the 28th Avenue Hillsdale Gap Closure project, saying design was at about 35% and attributing delays to staffing shortages.

After public comment the council approved the consent calendar without pulling items for separate discussion.

What happens next: Staff will proceed with the listed contracts and agreements; the clerk will publish the formal minutes and contract documents. The city attorney’s clarification will be incorporated into the codified ordinance language.