College Board President Richard Holober scrutinized spending, cut waste, and protected classroom programs. Today, College of San Mateo, Skyline College and Cañada College serve more students than before the state imposed 20% cuts.
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College Board President Richard Holober scrutinized spending, cut waste, and protected classroom programs. Today, College of San Mateo, Skyline College and Cañada College serve more students than before the state imposed 20% cuts. 
Richard championed retraining for laid off Peninsula workers, successfully urged auto executives to reopen a local plant to build electric vehicles, and led the campaign that raised the minimum wage.
Richard is a leader in the successful efforts to modernize College of San Mateo, Skyline College and Cañada College, including the construction of cutting-edge science classrooms and laboratories. 
Richard — who helped double the number of nurses trained at San Mateo Community Colleges — is supported by the California Nurses Association.  
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Community College District Receives Sustainable San Mateo County Award
Richard Holober accepted the 2008 Sustainable San Mateo County Award on behalf of the San Mateo County Community College District. Richard has insisted that the College District follow “green building” principles at College of San Mateo, Skyline College and Cañada College. The College District has won awards for its energy conservation program, and was profiled in Environment California’s “Greening the Bottom Line” report. The Community College District’s co-generation and energy efficiency projects reduce energy consumption by 56%. This saves taxpayers one million dollars a year in gas and electric bills, and removes six million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually, decreasing global warming impacts.
Richard led the Community College Board in adopting the policy of building all new campus facilities to the US Green Building Council’s LEED certification standards. LEED certification is the environmental community’s universally recognized standard for sustainable building construction. San Mateo County Community College District is the Peninsula’s smart growth pioneer. It is the only local government agency that has built employee housing in the county. The acclaimed College Vista rental apartments are across the street from College of San Mateo. With rents about 50% of the market rate, faculty and staff can afford to live near the job. College Vista helps the district attract teachers in a high cost housing market, and it removes 165,000 commuter miles from the road each year, reducing pollution and global warming effects. The College District recently opened Cañada Vista, a 60 unit faculty and staff rental housing complex at Cañada College in Redwood City. Peninsula environmental leaders endorsed this project, which will further reduce global warming emissions while making it affordable for college employees to live on the Peninsula. These below market rate apartments are not subsidized. The College District owns the land, which reduced construction costs dramatically. It passed the cost savings along to its employees. |
April 15, 2011: Holober: top pick for SM board seat April 6, 2011: Richard Holober on CBS 5 Consumer Watch March 28, 2011: Holober says he would cut San Mateo County's top brass to reduce budget deficit February 22, 2011: The College of San Mateo’s new Health and Wellness Building honored ... February 16, 2011: KGO's Michael Finney Interviews CFC's Richard Holober on Supreme Court Privacy Ruling February 11, 2011: Storing customer's ZIP code violates California law, high court rules February 2, 2011: Peninsula mail-in supervisor election a first ... January 31, 2011: Profile: Richard Holober, one of six candidates running for an open seat ... December 16, 2010 Parcel allows San Mateo County Community College District offerings to expand December 16, 2010 Community College District Discusses Allocation of New Funds November 4, 2010 PG&E tab for San Bruno blast may hit $1 billion June 15, 2010 Privacy Protection Bll Passes State Senate June 9, 2010 Despite $46 million spending fest, Proposition 16 goes down June 9, 2010 Big money losers: PG&E and Mercury Insurance initiatives June 7, 2010 Some in San Mateo County Still Haven't Received Voter Guide June 4, 2010 Some Peninsula residents still checking their mail for missing voter information guide May 23, 2010 CAUSE to save education May 7, 2010 Reader Rebuttal - Prop 15 April 9, 2010 KRON TV Channel 4 Interviews Richard Holober About Opposition to Proposition 17 February 25, 2010 Blue ribbon panel meets over NUMMI closure February 23, 2010 Lockyer names NUMMI commission January 3, 2010 Andy Shapiro, It Takes a Village: Ten trends the past decade brought to California schools December 31, 2009 New year, new laws, new low for state |
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