Seema Patel
CA · Commissioner, San Mateo Planning Commission
San Mateo planning commissioner since 2021, entrepreneur, and founder of Safe Streets for Everyone. Her priorities are expanding affordable housing and making streets safer for children and seniors.
Where Seema Patel stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (5 records), Civil Rights (1 record), Public Infrastructure (4 records)
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Track record
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 5 support
Made the Planning Commission motion to recommend a Housing Opportunities Overlay District allowing by-right housing on 37 parcels; it passed 5-0.
May 28, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
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Voted yes as planning commissioner to recommend San Mateo's 2023-2031 Housing Element, a plan for at least 7,015 new homes; it passed 4-1.
April 23, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
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Made the Planning Commission motion to approve a five-story building with offices and 120 homes at 477 9th Avenue; it passed 5-0.
December 12, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: sanmateo.primegov.com
As planning commissioner, made the motion to recommend approval of a six-story office and housing building on Block 21 at 500 E. 3rd Avenue; it passed 4-0.
May 24, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
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Urged the San Mateo City Council to support state housing bills SB 9, SB 10 and AB 1401 in public comment.
July 19, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
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Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Spoke at the San Mateo City Council in support of a 100-foot safety buffer around reproductive health clinics; the council introduced the ordinance 5-0.
May 16, 2022Supports Civil Rights
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 4 support
Spoke at the San Mateo City Council in favor of keeping the Humboldt Street bike lanes.
February 2, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
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Spoke publicly for more protected bike lanes after a child's traffic death, as co-founder of a pedestrian safety group.
January 16, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
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Spoke at the San Mateo City Council in support of protected bike lanes on Delaware Street and asked for safety fixes near Sunnybrae Elementary.
May 5, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
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Spoke in favor of new bike lanes on Humboldt Street, Poplar Avenue and Indian Avenue at a San Mateo City Council meeting.
October 4, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 4 records
Received the Housing Action Coalition's endorsement for San Mateo City Council District 3.
May 4, 2026
Source: housingactioncoalition.org
Made the Planning Commission motion recommending that the City Council adopt the Strive San Mateo General Plan 2040; it passed 5-0.
January 30, 2024
Source: sanmateo.primegov.com
Made the Planning Commission motion to recommend new objective design standards for apartment and mixed-use buildings; it passed 4-1.
October 24, 2023
Source: sanmateo.primegov.com
Was appointed by the San Mateo City Council to the city Planning Commission and took the oath of office.
June 21, 2021
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Race Seema Patel is in:
- Member, City Council, District 3 · November 3, 2026 · San Mateo city, California