So we have something interesting on the ballot for my county.
https://www.greenbelt.org/blog/vote-yes-measure-l-sanmateo/
San Mateo County voters have a chance to do something few counties in California have done: write climate resilience directly into their charter.
Measure L would amend the preamble of the San Mateo County Charter to designate long-term resilience to extreme weather events, including fire, flood, wind, rain, heat, drought, and sea level rise, as a County priority.
Most climate resilience commitments live in strategic plans, resolutions, or budget line items. Those tools matter, but they can be rewritten or quietly dropped by a future board with different priorities. A charter is different. It’s the County’s foundational governing document, the one that outlives every single Board of Supervisors, budget cycle, or election.
cc: @ai6yr
