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
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.
Local Government
Tiburon's adaptive traffic signal pilot at Tiburon Boulevard and Trestle Glen Boulevard has been delayed to spring 2027, according to Public Works Engineering Manager David Eshoo, pushing back a $180,000 project the Town Council approved in May.
Local Government
Marin County's 2025 consumer protection report shows overcharges dropped to 151 from 220 the year before, and 77.7% of businesses passed initial price-accuracy inspections, the best results since 2016.
Local Government
Mill Valley's Measure T asks voters to renew the municipal services tax at $303 per parcel for another decade, funding street repaving and wildfire vegetation management with about $1.9 million a year. No opposition argument was filed.
Local Government
Five candidates are competing for three Tiburon Town Council seats on Nov. 3, splitting over how to fund $12 million in park improvements, meet state housing targets and restore financial transparency after a two-year audit backlog.
Local Government
The Marin Municipal Water District reports 648 acre-feet of cumulative water savings since 2020, with per-capita daily use dropping from 120 gallons to below 114 as wireless meters, lawn-replacement rebates and tiered rate hikes keep post-drought conservation habits in place.
Local Government
Crews started site preparation at Blackie's Pasture the week of Aug. 31 for the Greenwood Beach Restoration project, with active shoreline work set to begin Sept. 8 and parts of the park closed through late November.
Local Government
The Larkspur Chamber of Commerce and Community Foundation will host candidate forums on Sept. 9 at the Lark Theater and Oct. 1 at Drake's Landing Community Room, giving voters a chance to question seven candidates competing for three City Council seats in the Nov. 3 election.
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
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.
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