Editing Millbrae, California (section)

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature]], Millbrae is in {{Representative|casd|13|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|21|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Millbrae is in {{Representative|cacd|15|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|15|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Millbrae City Hall Flags.jpg|thumb|Millbrae City Hall flying (top to bottom) [[United States]], [[California]], & [[LGBT|LGBTQ+]] flags.]]
According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Millbrae has 12,850 registered voters. Of those, 5,733 (44.6%) are registered [[California Democratic Party|Democrats]], 2,049 (16%) are registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]], and 4,584 (35.7%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019|website=ca.gov|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref>

Millbrae has 5 city council members, one of which is the mayor, and another the vice mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council {{!}} Millbrae, CA |url=https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/380/City-Council |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=www.ci.millbrae.ca.us}}</ref> City council members serve 4 year terms; the mayor and vice mayor are elected by the council and serve 1 year terms. Prior to 2022, residents of the city voted for city council members at-large, however in 2022 Millbrae switched from at-large to district city council elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browning |first=Corey |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Millbrae switches to district elections, adopts map |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/millbrae-switches-to-district-elections-adopts-map/article_c3406ef6-95f9-11ec-a101-93e78c162bf4.html |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=San Mateo Daily Journal |language=en}}</ref>

The city has generally allowed each city council member to serve as mayor and vice mayor, and the city council has generally chosen for the vice mayor to succeed the mayor, however a council member other than the vice mayor has been chosen as mayor several times since 2015.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Nicholas Mazzoni Daily Journal |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Millbrae chooses next year's mayor |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/millbrae-chooses-next-year-s-mayor/article_f7e642ec-7479-11ee-97c2-57d6f0e01907.html |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=San Mateo Daily Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazzoni |first=Nicholas |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Millbrae City Council breaks mayor rotation |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/millbrae-city-council-breaks-mayor-rotation/article_f3592594-7c38-11ed-9107-5fe5d98ab33c.html |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=San Mateo Daily Journal |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, the city council initiated plans to codify its procedure for mayoral succession, following the contentious mayoral elections of 2022 and 2023 which saw Gina Papan, sister of aforementioned [[Diane Papan]], be skipped in line for mayoral succession.<ref name=":4" /> Despite the Millbrae municipal code stipulating that "no one may serve in the office of mayor for two consecutive terms," the city council selected Anders Fung as mayor for the second consecutive year on December 10, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/1092/City-Council-Protocols-March-2015-PDF?bidId= |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231214000257/https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/1092/City-Council-Protocols-March-2015-PDF?bidId= |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=www.ci.millbrae.ca.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rusch |first=Holly |date=2024-12-12 |title=2nd year for Millbrae's Mayor Fung |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/2nd-year-for-millbrae-s-mayor-fung/article_15983236-b840-11ef-b87a-b7b83fdebc49.html |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=San Mateo Daily Journal |language=en}}</ref>