Your ballot is here. Vote for Wonman Lee.
This election isn't about me. It's about building a movement so District 1 and Belle Haven finally get what they deserve from the city.
The District 1 seat, Belle Haven and the Bayfront, is open this year: Councilmember Cecilia Taylor is not seeking re-election. Whoever wins it will help decide what gets built on our side of the freeway, and whether city services show up here the way they do everywhere else. In a district this size, a handful of neighbors can decide the seat. You are one of them.
Organizations and neighbors
who know this city
What your vote is for
District 1 has waited long enough for the basics. Here is what I will work on as your councilmember.
Homes families here can afford
Build more, and build the kind this neighborhood is short of.
More on the platform: Homes families here can afford→A commercial heart accessible to District 1
Bring in the shops, services, and revenue the district has gone without.
More on the platform: A commercial heart accessible to District 1→A city hall that answers to District 1
Government should be judged by what it delivers, not the process it runs. I'll cut the red tape between residents and the results they actually want.
Case in point: the couch on Ivy Drive
More on the platform: A city hall that answers to District 1→Streets, parks and the basics
The basics — parks, streets, and services that work.
More on the platform: Streets, parks and the basics→Schools, youth and seniors
The city's programming thins out after elementary school, and again in retirement.
More on the platform: Schools, youth and seniors→A place to gather
Quality of life isn't only the basics — it's having somewhere to go.
More on the platform: A place to gather→Your plan to vote
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Check that you’re registered
Moved, or changed your name? Check anyway. A ballot mailed to an old address is the most common way a vote gets lost. The deadline to register online or by mail was October 19. Missed it? You can still register and vote the same day at any Vote Center, until 8 p.m. on November 3: same-day registration.
Get your ballot mailed from Oct. 5
Every registered voter in San Mateo County is mailed one. You don’t have to ask for it. Get free text or email alerts when it’s mailed, received and counted: Where’s My Ballot.
Decide how you’ll return it by Nov. 3, 8 p.m.
Pick one now. Deciding ahead of time makes it more likely you’ll follow through. Mailing it? Mail it by Thursday, Oct. 29; after that, use a drop box or a Vote Center.
Bring someone with you
Help a friend or loved one fill out their ballot, and tell your neighbors to vote for Wonman Lee.
Key dates
- Monday, October 5Ballots are mailed to every registered voter in San Mateo County. Early voting opens at three Vote Centers, in San Mateo, Redwood City and South San Francisco.
- Tuesday, October 6Ballot drop boxes open across the county and stay open until 8 p.m. on Election Day.
- Tuesday, October 13No ballot yet? Call or text the county at (650) 312-5222, or ask online, for a new one.
- Monday, October 19Voter registration deadline: the last day to register online or by mail for a regular ballot.
- October 20 – November 3Missed the deadline? You can still register and vote the same day at any Vote Center.
- Saturday, October 24Vote Centers open across the county for in-person voting.
- Tuesday, October 27Last day to ask for a replacement ballot, or a ballot in Spanish, by mail. After this, get one at any Vote Center.
- Thursday, October 29Don’t missMailing your ballot? Mail it by today so it is postmarked in time. After today, use a drop box or a Vote Center instead.
- Saturday, October 31The remaining Vote Centers open for the final four days.
- Tuesday, November 3Don’t missElection Day. Vote Centers and drop boxes close at 8 p.m. Still have your ballot? Take it to a drop box or a Vote Center, not the mailbox.
Three ways to vote
All three count exactly the same. Pick whichever one you will actually finish.
By mail
The county has been mailing a ballot to every registered voter since October 5 — you do not have to request one. Postage is prepaid. Fill it in, sign the envelope, and mail it by Thursday, October 29, so it is postmarked in time. After that, use a drop box or a Vote Center instead.
Track your ballotIn a drop box
Drop boxes have been open since October 6 and are free to use — no postage, no line, and your ballot goes straight to the county. This is the surest way to return a ballot in the last two weeks. The county publishes the full map of locations, including the ones nearest Belle Haven.
Find a drop boxIn person
San Mateo County uses Vote Centers rather than assigned neighborhood polling places, so any Vote Center in the county will serve you. They offer help in Spanish, accessible voting machines, replacement ballots, and same-day registration if you missed October 19.
Find a Vote CenterWhere to vote near Belle Haven: drop boxes and Vote Centers
Drop boxes
Open 24 hours, October 6 until 8 p.m. on November 3
- Belle Haven Community Campus, 100 Terminal Ave.
- 410 Ivy Dr.
- 401 Pierce Rd.
- Menlo Park City Hall, 701 Laurel St.
Vote Centers
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Election Day, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Belle Haven Community Campus, 100 Terminal Ave.October 31 to November 3
- Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St.October 31 to November 3
Any Vote Center in the county will serve you. From the county’s September 2026 lists; locations can change, so check the county’s map before you go.
Also on your ballot
Your ballot carries statewide propositions, county, community college and regional transit measures, and one Menlo Park measure. The city publishes every council candidate’s filing documents and statement: 2026 City Council candidates.
Menlo Park
Measure P — Menlo Park
A citizens' initiative that would require a citywide election before Menlo Park could authorize housing or make other changes on the downtown parking plazas.
I am voting no, and I am listed among the measure’s opponents alongside the Mayor, the Vice Mayor, the chair of the Planning Commission, the League of Women Voters of South San Mateo County and Habitat for Humanity.
The downtown parking plazas are not in District 1, and that is exactly why this matters here. For years, the answer to where Menlo Park should build homes has been our side of the freeway. Measure P would put a citywide election in front of housing downtown, which makes it harder to build anywhere except the neighborhoods that have already carried the load. That is not more democracy. It is a delay, and District 1 pays for it.
County and regional
Measure RTM — regional transit sales tax
A half-cent sales tax in San Mateo County for 14 years (one cent in San Francisco), in five Bay Area counties, for public transit including SamTrans, Caltrain and BART. It passes if a majority of voters in the five counties together approve it.
About $50 million a year would stay in San Mateo County for SamTrans, the buses District 1 rides. And Caltrain is where I want buses on the Dumbarton corridor to take us.
Measure V — community college bond
Lets the San Mateo County Community College District borrow up to $848 million to repair and modernize its colleges: Cañada, College of San Mateo and Skyline. The district estimates the tax at no more than $18 a year per $100,000 of a property’s assessed value, until about 2049. It needs 55% to pass.
Cañada College in Redwood City is the community college closest to Belle Haven, and for many of our graduates it is the first step to a degree or a trade.
Measure L — county charter: extreme weather
Adds to the county charter that long-term resilience to extreme weather, including flooding and sea level rise, is a county priority, to be worked on together with cities and districts. It changes nothing else in the charter.
About 1 in 3 homes in District 1 is in FEMA’s high-risk flood zone, and our flood risk crosses city, county and district lines. It should be the county’s priority too.
Statewide
Proposition 1 — affordable housing bond
Lets the state borrow $11.25 billion for affordable housing: rental homes, supportive housing, keeping existing affordable homes affordable, down-payment help and home loans for veterans. Repaying it costs the state $500 million to $600 million a year for about 25 years.
Scarcity is what makes a neighborhood unaffordable. This helps build and keep the affordable homes families here need.
If you need help
- San Mateo County Elections · call or text(650) 312-5222Also the number to ask for your ballot in Spanish, by October 27. Every Vote Center has ballots in Spanish too.
- No ballot by October 13, or lost or damaged it?Request a replacement by October 27Or get one at any Vote Center.
- San Mateo County Elections · emailregistrar@smcacre.gov
- Help in other languages, including Spanish(888) 762-8683
- Free text or email alerts when your ballot is mailed, received and countedWhere’s My BallotFrom the California Secretary of State.
- Voting with a disabilityAccessible voting options
This page is maintained by the Wonman Lee campaign as a convenience for District 1 neighbors. It is not an official election notice. The authority on every date and location here is the San Mateo County Elections Office, and if anything on this page conflicts with theirs, theirs is correct. Dates verified October 19, 2026.