URGENT: Directions for submitting comments to City Council. Subject: Help fight additional library cuts
Dear Library Supporter, Starting tomorrow, April 30, the City Council will convene as the Budget Review Committee to review the Proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Budget.We hope you can submit a comment for the April 30 (6:00 p.m.) and May 5 (9:00 a.m.) meetings of the Budget Review Committee. The full agendas of the Budget Review Committee can be viewed here. Since this is a new process for accepting public comments, below are instructions:To Submit Electronic CommentsTo submit comments electronically visit the... Continue Reading >
Membership Benefit: Most hard back books purchased at Friday Pre-sales are now only $1. Sign up to become or renew your SCFOL Membership at our Book Sales. From 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. on the Friday afternoon before our First Saturday of the month Used Book Sales, in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library, Friends of the Library MEMBERS ONLY will be able to purchase fiction and media materials. This is our way of... 
The biggest and best used book sale is at the San Carlos Branch Library on the first Saturday OF EVERY MONTH, from 9:30-3:00. Fiction can be found in the Community Room, non-fiction books are outside. Every month, approximately 500-600 boxes, containing about 20-25 books each (that's 10,000-15,000 titles), are available for your reading pleasure. In 2016, we offered about about 100,000 titles during the year. Every month, 50% of the fiction titles and 60% of the non-fiction are first... 
SCFOL annually donates between $20,000-$30,000 to the San Carlos Branch Library. Memberships, donations and our monthly used book sales are SCFOL's primary revenue sources. Friends' memberships and donations are tax deductible as a charitable contributions. INDIVIDUAL LIFE Memberships are only $250. Join at this level before October 30, to have your name added to the current year's Honor Wall plaque which is on display in the Winer Family Community Room and Art Gallery. Since SCFOL's founding in 1982, 120... 