Lisa Diaz Nash
CA · Member, San Mateo City Council, District 1
Full-time San Mateo City Council member since 2022 who also represents the city on the City/County Association of Governments. Her priorities are growth limits that keep neighborhood character, and affordable workforce housing.
Where Lisa Diaz Nash stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (3 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
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Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted to spend $328,743 on consultants for a citywide historic preservation policy update. The council also directed that no property be named historic without the owner's consent. It passed 3-2.
January 21, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Cast the only vote against doubling San Mateo City Council pay from $600 to $1,200 a month; the raise passed 4-1. At the same meeting, voted to adopt the city's revised housing plan, which makes room for at least 10,286 new homes by 2031 (passed 5-0).
May 20, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 3 support
As mayor, signed the ballot argument for Measure T, which asked voters to raise height and density limits in parts of San Mateo to allow more housing.
September 3, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
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Cast the only vote against doubling San Mateo City Council pay from $600 to $1,200 a month; the raise passed 4-1. At the same meeting, voted to adopt the city's revised housing plan, which makes room for at least 10,286 new homes by 2031 (passed 5-0).
May 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
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Joined the board of HIP Housing, a nonprofit that runs home-sharing and affordable housing programs. At the time she was president of the San Mateo Library Board and chair of the city's Measure S oversight committee.
June 23, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
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Track record — General
General · 11 records
Received the San Mateo Daily Journal's endorsement for re-election to the San Mateo City Council, District 1.
September 23, 2026
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Voted to put a quarter-cent city sales tax on the November 2026 ballot to help close San Mateo's budget gap.
July 20, 2026
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Received early endorsements for re-election from San Mateo firefighters and police groups, state Sens. Josh Becker and Jerry Hill, Assemblymember Diane Papan, and four county supervisors.
July 1, 2026
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Called for detailed public information on a planned 69-bed addiction treatment center in San Mateo. She said the city had little say because the county and Horizon Treatment Services were leading it.
March 6, 2026
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Voted against a council motion to support state Senate Bill 63, a bill letting Bay Area voters decide on a regional sales tax for transit; it failed 3-2. At the same meeting, voted against a motion to oppose Assembly Bill 306, a bill limiting new local building rules such as energy reach codes; it passed 3-2.
May 19, 2025
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Recused herself from the council's discussion of a letter about the proposed Baywood historic district, which is in her neighborhood.
March 17, 2025
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Was chosen by the San Mateo City Council as mayor for 2024, on a 4-0 vote.
December 4, 2023
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Voted to create a voluntary spending limit for San Mateo City Council campaigns and to update rules for recall elections. It passed 4-1.
November 6, 2023
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Seconded and voted for a landlord's appeal at 100 N. Humboldt St., excusing the owner from repaying the city for relocation money paid to tenants moved out of unsafe units. It passed 3-1.
May 15, 2023
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Was chosen by the San Mateo City Council as deputy mayor for 2023, on a 5-0 vote.
December 12, 2022
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Voted against appointing Rich Hedges to fill the empty fifth seat on the San Mateo City Council. The appointment passed 3-1.
December 12, 2022
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- Member, City Council, District 1 · November 3, 2026 · San Mateo city, California · incumbent