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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in San Carlos public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Regional transportation grant applications
The city is chasing state and regional money for major projects: the Brittan-Laurel smart corridor link, a traffic signal operations plan, the East Side streetscape plan, and the big Holly Street/101 interchange rebuild with a pedestrian overcrossing.
SamTrans Connect Bay Area Sales Tax
SamTrans pitched a proposed 14-year half-cent regional sales tax to avert transit service cuts, with about $50 million a year potentially returning to San Mateo County. Council members flagged overcrowded school-route buses and asked how funds flow back to local communities.
ITS Signal Resiliency and Smart Corridor Expansion
All 24 city traffic signals get battery backups and smart-corridor connections, mostly paid by a $524K county grant — better traffic flow and faster emergency response during outages.