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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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
Good News on the Financial Front
The Council will shortly take up its annual review of the budget. The City uses a two year budget process, and this is an off-year,
Time to Talk
As of late Friday afternoon, the lawsuit brought by two residents of Holly Street against the City alleging improprieties in how the Council changed the
So You Want to Be a Council Person?
This being an odd-numbered year, there are seats coming up for re-election on the San Carlos City Council (and on the San Carlos School Board