Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
The Mill Valley City Council adopted an ordinance Monday, Oct. 5, banning all retail tobacco and e-cigarette sales within city limits, with the prohibition taking effect Feb. 1, 2027. Five local gas stations and convenience stores will lose the ability to sell nicotine products.
Local Government
The Mill Valley City Council adopted an ordinance Monday, Oct. 5, banning all retail tobacco and e-cigarette sales within city limits, with the prohibition taking effect Feb. 1, 2027. Five local gas stations and convenience stores will lose the ability to sell nicotine products.
The Mill Valley City Council adopted an ordinance Monday, Oct. 5, banning all retail tobacco and e-cigarette sales within city limits, with the prohibition taking effect Feb. 1, 2027. Five local gas stations and convenience stores will lose the ability to sell nicotine products.
Local Government
Mill Valley's 2024 greenhouse gas inventory shows community emissions fell 31% below estimated 1990 levels, but the city still needs to cut nearly 14,800 more metric tons by 2030 to meet its climate plan target, with transportation and natural gas accounting for 93% of remaining pollution.
Local Government
The Golden Gate Bridge will reduce southbound traffic to one lane from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on four consecutive weeknights starting Monday, Oct. 5, as seismic retrofit construction continues on the nearly $1.8 billion project.
Local Government
The Transportation Authority of Marin unanimously adopted a countywide Mobility Hub Plan on Sept. 24, outlining transit upgrades at the Larkspur SMART station and Tiburon ferry terminal, though a Tiburon councilmember says the plan overlooks access challenges in her community.
Local Government
Mill Valley's City Council unanimously approved a first-reading ordinance banning all retail nicotine and e-cigarette sales, with a final vote expected in October and a Feb. 1, 2027, effective date.
Local Government
Caltrans began curb-ramp and sidewalk construction on State Route 131 in Tiburon the week of Sept. 21, bringing weekday traffic delays through fall 2026, while TAM advances consultant selection for a long-term study of the congested Tiburon Boulevard/East Blithedale Avenue interchange.
Local Government
Mill Valley Mayor Max Perrey, Vice Mayor Caroline Joachim and Assemblymember Damon Connolly will take residents' questions at an outdoor coffee chat Oct. 6 at Depot Plaza, timed to the First Tuesday ArtWalk.
Local Government
Supporters of Marin County's Measure P, a parcel tax that would raise an estimated $12.5 million a year for childcare, are holding a free family campaign kickoff at Civic Center Lagoon on Saturday, Oct. 3, about a month before the Nov. 3 election.
Local Government
Five candidates for three Tiburon Town Council seats will take questions at a public forum hosted by The Ark on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Town Hall, moderated by the League of Women Voters of Marin County.
Local Government
Five candidates will square off at a Corte Madera Chamber of Commerce forum on Oct. 7, with incumbent Pat Ravasio running under the shadow of an independent investigation into alleged Brown Act violations and the firing of Town Manager Adam Wolff.
Local Government
Mill Valley's City Council will hold a public hearing Monday on an ordinance to ban all tobacco and e-cigarette sales, while also advancing the Hauke Park softball field renovation and hearing a countywide emergency preparedness update.
Local Government
A $13 million state earmark for a Marin County farmers market and food innovation hub appeared in California's $1.3 billion earmark package, though no lawmaker has claimed credit for the allocation.
Local Government
Corte Madera will hold two community workshops on Sept. 16 and Sept. 22 to present findings from a parking study for Old Corte Madera Square before the Town Council considers new parking restrictions Oct. 6.
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