Millbrae citizens, angry over the potential conversion of a hotel into a permanent supportive housing project, are in the middle of a special election that could recall two councilmembers who support it.
Millbrae Vice Mayor Maurice Goodman and Councilmember Angelina Cahalan are facing a petitioned recall election that opened June 24 and closes July 23. Some residents in their districts are upset that the two supported a move by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to acquire the La Quinta Inn and Suites at 1390 El Camino Real, a 100-room hotel and restaurant developed in 1988. It was one of two hotels that the supervisors voted to purchase last September.
The site said the cost of creating permanent housing at the La Quinta site is roughly half the cost for new construction in San Mateo County. The recall campaign's online statement said that the two councilmembers failed to properly represent their electorate when they supported the hotel conversion. 'How do Goodman and Cahalan plan to keep everyone safe and grow our economy?' the recall campaign said in an online statement.
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