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Belmont is a city of 28,000 midway down the San Francisco Peninsula — a hillside residential community with bay views and a civic identity shaped by the grand Victorian estate of banker William Ralston, now home to Notre Dame de Namur University. Incorporated 1926, five-member Council.

CivicCause organizes issues, meetings, elections, and public activity around Belmont so you can see what is happening locally and how it connects to broader county decisions.

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Daily Summary
2026-10-22

Belmont City Council has an upcoming meeting on 2026-09-22

The Belmont City Council's October 8 treatment plant advisory committee centered on Treatment Plant Advisory Committee. These are agenda-based signals, not confirmed meeting outcomes, but they show where council attention is moving.

Residents can use the September 22 belmont city council page to follow the latest council business in this summary window.

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El Camino Real Safety & the Grand Boulevard Initiative
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El Camino Real — Belmont's primary commercial and transit spine — is simultaneously the city's most important economic corridor and one of its most dangerous roads for pedestrians and cyclists. With substantial housing planned along El Cam…
Hillside Roads & Geologic Hazards — An Infrastructure Backlog
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Belmont's hillside neighborhoods — governed by the Hillside Residential and Open Space (HRO) zoning districts — sit on some of the Peninsula's most geologically complex and slope-prone terrain. The HRO districts are subject to geologic and…
Affordable Housing Production — Still Falling Short
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Despite significant rezoning activity along its El Camino Real corridor, Belmont has not yet met its state-mandated RHNA targets for low and very-low-income housing. The California Department of Housing and Community Development has determ…
SB 79 & the Transit-Oriented Development Transformation
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Belmont sits squarely in the path of SB 79, California's new transit-oriented housing law, with its Caltrain station at 995 El Camino Real serving as a Tier 1 qualifying stop. SB 79, which takes effect July 1, 2026, overrides local height …
Sheriff's Office Aftermath — Rebuilding Accountability & Trust
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San Mateo County is still working through the fallout of one of the most dramatic law enforcement governance crises in the Bay Area in recent memory. In May 2025, an independent investigation found evidence of conflicts of interest, misuse…

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11/3/2026 November 3, 2026 California General Election
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Member, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Short Term)Member, City Council, District 1Member, City Council, District 3
Measures
City of Belmont: Special Tax MeasureSan Mateo County Charter Amendment Measure – Affirmation of RightsSan Mateo County Charter Amendment Measure – Extension to Call a Special Election or AppointSan Mateo County Charter Amendment Measure – Extreme Weather EventsSan Mateo County Charter Amendment Measure – Reapportionment of Supervisorial Districts

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Belmont City Council
5/26/2026 • 7:00 PM
Belmont City Council
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What happened Belmont City Council's 2026-05-26 meeting centered on ADJOURNMENT at 9:00 pm Submitted by Jozi Plut, City Clerk 17 and These improvements widened sidewalks to meet Americans with Disability Act (ADA) stand…
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
9/29/2026 • 9:00 AM
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
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What's Scheduled San Mateo County Board of Supervisors's 2026-09-29 agenda is scheduled to cover 26-802 Adopt a resolution authorizing Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement with Vista Environmental Consulting for on-call...,…

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City of Belmont FY 26-27 Proposed Budget →
FY 2026-27 proposed budget
Adopted baseline: FY 2025-26 adopted budget PDF
Current proposal: FY 2026-27 proposed budget PDF
This Belmont budget preview compares the FY 2025-26 adopted budget with the FY 2026-27 proposed budget. Proposed values are not final adopted values. Staffing, CIP/capital, fund detail, department detail, and operating-change narrative remain deferred.