Carol Teltschick passed away on February 2, 2021, and will long be remembered as a civic and community leader in Richmond. 

Carol was a Texas girl who grew up on a ranch, and though she was comfortable with science and technology, her childhood background was with her always, in her enthusiasm and her laughter and her love of horses and children. She was a member of the Richmond Planning Commission for two terms and also served on the General Plan Advisory Committee. She was very concerned that Richmond’s General Plan should include public health standards, such as access to a public shoreline in ecological balance, as well as preventing harm to residents from toxic waste and sea level rise. These were innovative concepts at the time, and many cities followed Richmond’s lead in updating their plans to include goals promoting public health.

Carol was a founder of the Citizens for a Sustainable Point Molate. She believed passionately in public parks and wanted children to have outdoor experiences like the ones she loved. Her work on behalf of Point Molate Park involved leading tours, hosting events, speaking at public meetings, writing opinion pieces, participating in beach clean-ups, and gathering opinions from the public. She opposed the idea of a casino because of the problems that it would bring to Richmond, and opposed the dense upscale development because of the environmental damage it would bring to a beautiful place.

Horses were an ongoing theme in her life. She was a volunteer ranger with the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area's mounted horse patrol based in Tennessee Valley. She also rode a horse on a solo camping expedition of several hundred miles through the Australian outback.

There is a bench in her honor at Point Molate.