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Charter review committee declines to move climate-resilience language to study
Summary
The San Mateo County Charter Review Committee debated adding explicit climate-resilience language to the county charter but a motion to send the proposal to subcommittee failed 7–(required 8), after members questioned whether policy belongs in the charter or in existing regional bodies.
The Charter Review Committee considered a proposal to add language to the San Mateo County charter affirming climate resilience as a county priority, but a motion to send the proposal to a study subcommittee failed on a roll-call vote.
Tom Adams moved the item and Karen Chapman seconded. Adams framed the proposal as recognition of a long-term, county-level need to prepare for more frequent extreme weather and other climate impacts, citing local wind and tree-fall events and national disaster trends.…
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