Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Golden Gate Transit will eliminate two Friday trips on Route 114 starting Sunday, Sept. 13, cutting the 6:14 a.m. departure from Mill Valley's E. Blithedale & Tower stop and the 2:59 p.m. return from San Francisco as part of a broader efficiency overhaul.
Local Government
Golden Gate Transit will eliminate two Friday trips on Route 114 starting Sunday, Sept. 13, cutting the 6:14 a.m. departure from Mill Valley's E. Blithedale & Tower stop and the 2:59 p.m. return from San Francisco as part of a broader efficiency overhaul.
Golden Gate Transit will eliminate two Friday trips on Route 114 starting Sunday, Sept. 13, cutting the 6:14 a.m. departure from Mill Valley's E. Blithedale & Tower stop and the 2:59 p.m. return from San Francisco as part of a broader efficiency overhaul.
Local Government
Tiburon's $1.5 million living shoreline project at Blackie's Pasture begins Sept. 8, using sand, gravel and logs instead of seawalls to restore two eroding Richardson Bay beaches over four to six weeks.
Local Government
Prefabricated modular units for a 32-unit affordable apartment building at 156 Shoreline Highway in Tam Valley are expected to begin arriving as early as Aug. 31, bringing two weeks of weekday truck traffic, brief traffic holds and parking restrictions to the Shoreline Highway corridor near the Highway 101 interchange.
Local Government
Caltrans could begin intermittent one-way traffic control on Tiburon Boulevard as early as Monday, Aug. 31, with weekday lane restrictions from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the SR-131 rehabilitation project's initial curb ramp and sidewalk phase.
Local Government
The Marin County Board of Supervisors will consider staff recommendations to keep, improve, restructure, combine or sunset 19 county advisory boards at its Aug. 25 meeting, though which specific bodies face elimination has not been publicly identified.
Local Government
Mill Valley will begin an eight-week road stabilization project on Ethel Avenue on Sept. 1, involving three retaining walls and periodic 9 a.m.–5 p.m. weekday closures between addresses 389 and 416.
Local Government
The Marin Water Board of Directors appointed Shaun Horne, the district's director of watershed resources for seven years, as its next general manager effective Oct. 1, replacing retiring GM Ben Horenstein.
Local Government
The Tiburon Fire Protection District board voted 4-0 on Aug. 12 to reject the Marin County grand jury's consolidation deadlines, partially disagreeing with all seven findings and declining five of nine recommendations.
Local Government
Caltrans is launching a major rehabilitation of Tiburon Boulevard (SR-131) from Highway 101 to downtown, with pavement work, new bikeways, ADA upgrades and drainage fixes scheduled through winter 2027, with most disruptive work happening overnight.
Local Government
The Mill Valley City Council unanimously approved a $99,000 pilot program splitting sidewalk and tree repair costs 50/50 with property owners, though Mayor Perrey raised concerns that first-come, first-served funding may not reach residents most in need.
Local Government
The Golden Gate Bridge district will close two southbound lanes from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday starting Aug. 17, with additional closure windows scheduled through November for pothole and asphalt repairs.
Local Government
The Marin County Board of Supervisors will consider a no-parking fire lane near Sky Road in unincorporated Mill Valley, hear an El Niño preparedness briefing, and take up a hazardous materials oversight transfer at its Aug. 18 meeting.
Local Government
The Central Marin Fire Council meets Thursday, Aug. 13 in Larkspur to vote on raising ambulance transport fees roughly 12%, a change that would take effect Sept. 1 and generate an estimated $100,000 in additional annual revenue for the authority serving Corte Madera and Larkspur.
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