Many of the street and community names in Bay Meadows were selected during its design to acknowledge historically important people from the racetrack era.

[citation needed] Bay Meadows II is at the southern end of San Mateo, to the north of Franklin Parkway (with the exception of one community), east of the Caltrain rail line, south of the San Mateo Event Center, and west the Bay Meadows Phase I development bordering Saratoga Avenue and the Franklin Templeton campus.

Among its objections, the group believed that the racetrack was still a valuable source of tax revenue to the city and was worth saving for historical significance.

[13] In January 2006, the City Clerk and County Elections Officer refused to certify the referendum for the ballot on the ground that it had insufficient qualified signatures.

Friends of Bay Meadows asked for a San Mateo Superior Court Judge to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the auction.

[18] The city proposed building a 5 million gallon overflow sewage storage tank under Bay Meadows Park in 2016.

[citation needed] The Hillsdale Caltrain station, just south of 31st Avenue, is integral to the transit-oriented nature of Bay Meadows.

[citation needed] The conditions of approval for Bay Meadows II require developing a transportation demand management plan for motor vehicle traffic.

[33] Property owners in Bay Meadows pay a special tax that services bonds issued by the city to finance the construction of infrastructure (gas, electric, water, sewer, etc.).