Editing San Mateo, California (section)

=== 21st century ===

[[Bay Meadows|Bay Meadows horse-racing track]] was torn down in 2008.

In the November 2022 election, Councilmember [[Diane Papan]] was elected to the [[California State Assembly]], creating a vacancy on the five-person city council. At the December 5, 2022, council reorganization meeting, two of the remaining four councilmembers chose not to follow the standard precedent of selecting a new mayor, which normally rotates to the councilmember who has been in office the longest. With the vote split at 2–2, the city went a week without a mayor. After a second meeting that also ended without a decision, Amourence Lee was selected as the mayor at the third meeting on December 12.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/san-mateo-without-mayor/article_e025d460-75f1-11ed-9042-f78367b1a006.html
 | title = San Mateo without mayor
 | publisher = San Mateo, CA
 | access-date = December 8, 2020}}</ref>
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