Welcome!
My name is Mark Olbert, and I’m a former member of the San Carlos, California City Council. This was my site for staying in touch with my constituents. My last day on the Council was December 14, 2020.
It’s now a platform I use to address local and regional issues that my neighbors may find interesting.
Here you’ll find my blog, links to articles about municipal issues, and material that will help you understand my Council work and my current views. All these can be accessed through the menu links at the top of every page.
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Enjoy! And if you have a moment, drop me a line to let me know what’s on your mind.
Preserving Our Downtown
Last December, the Council enacted an “urgency” ordinance restricting chain stores in the downtown core. Any retail business with 10 or more outlets in the
Improving Public Safety
I’ve asked that the Council discuss ways of improving public safety with our police chief, Greg Rothaus, in light of the recent uptick in home
Trash Fee Risks
Here is the text of my comments from the January 11, 2016 Council meeting on why I chose to vote against holding trash fees unchanged
Making San Carlos Safer
This is the text of the remarks I made during Council member comments at the January 11, 2016 public meeting. Last Wednesday evening Chief Rothaus
Such a Deal!
I submitted the following letter to the editor to both the San Mateo Daily Journal and the Palo Alto Daily Post. But in case they
Time for a Different Approach
Last week PG&E discovered a couple of anomalous bulges in Line 147. They were uncovered in the course of preparing to remove a bend in