I have lived in B-game for about 20 years and it still amazes me that this outwardly-nice-looking small town still is in major denial about it citizenry. The city planning office will tell you too that most of the residences are occupied by renters, like SF, and that the bigger majority of registered voters are ,you guessed it, renters. The problem is the city and its elected mayor and city council are in terminal denial about who they represent, always putting on the election material that they are interested in B-game's "businesses and home owners" !!
Hey, when was the last time a business could vote ?! OK, so most politicians even at this lowly local level have been sold out to any and all fat cats. But still, businesses do not vote, especially if they are owned by people/corporations that are not residents of the small small town of Burlingame.
BPD is a joke and we are getting ripped off on rents where the city does so little for most of us in old buildings with soft regs vs new buildings with tougher rules ,such as only one washer and dryer for over 20 units ,,,ridiculous !! I called the chief of police once because my landlord at the time told me he was a cop, and get this, could walk in to the rented house "any time and any room, occupied by your two female roommates or you,,,anytime, day or night, as i have the key",,,what a crime, right?,,,and the crummy chief said "that is impossible with anyone on our BPD",,,so go talk to this illegal poser as a cop then !! And this landlord-claimed to be a cop DID let himself into our bedrooms !!!, right before we all immediately split.
Maybe B-game has dreams of being another Hillsborough full of the filthy rich this country is going down the drain of by and for, but it is still just an over priced, renter majority, very small town with a HUGE honesty self-image problem.
