Millbrae News

Burlingame, Millbrae set for new transit option, with focus on established parking locations Nicholas Mazzoni Daily Journal staff   7 hrs ag A new electric bike sharing program is set to roll out in Burlingame, with Millbrae also looking to get in on the action. Emily Beach The program would have 200 electric bikes for transit commuters and in-city use and will be a joint collaboration with Millbrae, which will discuss the idea Oct. 11. Users will get discounts if they park the bikes in “preferred zones” that include existing bike racks, corrals and stencil-marked areas in locations around the cities. Locations can be adjusted if needed. Spin was chosen as the e-bike operator. The company proposed a hybrid system with preferred parking zones marked on the app. Spins’ bike racks will also support non-Spin users, according to a staff report. Burlingame Councilmember Emily Beach said she is excited to see the program come to fruition and that it will bring much-needed bike racks to ne...

  Belmont, Millbrae Voters to Decide on Hotel Tax Hikes to Fund Road Repairs, Local Services By  Bay City News   •   Published October 7, 2022   •   Updated on  October 8, 2022  at  12:46 am Residents in two cities along the Peninsula will vote this fall whether to increase hotel taxes to fund city services like road repairs. Belmont's Measure K and Millbrae's Measure N, which are both on the Nov. 8 general election ballot, would each raise the transient occupancy tax - which applies to guests at hotels, motels and short-term rental properties - from 12 percent to 14 percent of the cost for the lodging. According to Belmont city officials, Measure K would provide some $600,000 each year to support road and pothole repairs, consistent emergency response times, senior services and upkeep of the city's public spaces. Measure N would fund a similar set of priorities in Millbrae, but would provide an estimated $1.5 million annually. In addition to...

City seeking new businesses, say they will be safe in flight path Nicholas Mazzoni Daily Journal staff   Oct 8, 2022   In an effort to allow the construction of biotech businesses near Millbrae’s intermodal station and east of El Camino Real, the City Council decided to overrule the Airport Land Use Committee’s zoning that restricted biotechnology workspaces near the airport. City officials feel that the land use committee’s restrictions in the area that extends through the south of Millbrae Avenue near the intermodal station is outdated. “The Airport Land Use is out of date, it was fully discussed or I brought it up several times at C/CAG, it needs to be updated in several manners here, one of the updates we would also like to see is child care in this vicinity,” Vice Mayor Gina Papan said, referring to the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County that oversees the committee. The restriction was based on Biosafety Level 2, specified as involving clinical, di...

By   INSIDER   |  East Bay Times PUBLISHED:  May 16, 2008 at 11:28 p.m.  | UPDATED:  August 15, 2016 at 6:33 p.m. The gloves came off early during the Times’ endorsement interview of the three Democrats vying for Gene Mullin’s soon-to-be vacated 19th District Assembly seat. Richard Holober, Gina Papan and Jerry Hill were asked to explain why they were best suited to represent San Mateo County residents in Sacramento. Hill seized the opportunity to speak first. “Should I talk about the sheriff?” he asked. That would be Greg Munks, the subject of a recent Times special report on his capture by Las Vegas police inside an illegal brothel a year ago as well as the subsequent lack of investigation or censure of Munks by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Hill declared that the “sheriff issue” has developed into part of the campaign and he needed to address three things.  First, he said the county charter doesn’t give the supervisors the right or lega...

Millbrae council race revolves around District 2 Candidates focus on budgets, future development and policing efforts Nicholas Mazzoni Daily Journal staff   Sep 28, 2022 Two seats are available on the Millbrae City Council this November but only one contested race as the city transitions to district elections. The vote for residents in District 4 — the west side of Millbrae that is bordered by Millbrae Avenue, Laurel Avenue and Helen Drive — has been made easy with a single candidate, Maurice Goodman, a San Mateo County Community College District trustee. On the other hand, District 2 voters — including residents around St. Dustin’s, Lomita School, Landing Lane and part of downtown — will have a choice between Angelina Cahalan, a nonprofit director, and former mayor Wayne Lee. Whoever is elected will have an array of issues they inherit — the city’s budget challenges, future downtown development, supporting merchants, building relationships with outside agencies and policing effort...

During November 22, 2013 former council member and current candidate Wayne Lee invited Vice Secretary Guoxiong Zhong who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party to his coronation installation as Mayor on December 10, 2013. This is on the heels of the former City Manager Marcia Raines traveling to Kaiping, China among other destinations in her official capacity as City Manager both facilitated and implicitly approved by Wayne. I am concerned about the extent of former council member and mayor Wayne Lee's "international activities" and especially the level of priority it took during his mayoral term of 2014 and 2019. We can clearly see the agenda and uptick in sister cities and friendly cities activities pushed out fast and furious. "Mayor Lee thanked the Vice Mayor for going on this trip to showcase the City, and stated that Millbrae is in competition with these other cities for money from China and that it is critical to make these connections with China. He als...