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
The Tiburon Town Council voted unanimously on Aug. 5 to approve a $195,000 contract to clear a two-year audit backlog caused by staffing shortages, bringing the total cost to $250,000, with completion expected by mid-2027.
Local Government
The Transportation Authority of Marin approved $11.76 million in Measure AA sales tax revenue for road projects in July, with Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Larkspur and Tiburon collectively receiving about $2.15 million for repaving, EV charging stations and traffic signals.
Local Government
Marin County Chief Information Officer Liza Massey retired July 31 after eight years leading the county's technology department; interim CIO Angie Goldman is in place while a national search targets a permanent hire by early October.
Local Government
Mill Valley's Parks and Recreation Commission addressed three youth-sports items at its Aug. 5 meeting: a progress update on the $276,400 Hauke Park softball renovation, a proposed field allocation policy with partial-field rentals and enforcement tools, and a staff recommendation to launch a competitive search for a new Boyle Park tennis operator after the current concessionaire's October retirement.
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The Richardson Bay Regional Agency is deploying an underwater robot to map eelgrass beds off Tiburon's waterfront and has applied for a $1.9 million grant to fund robotic replanting of the ecologically vital seagrass.
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Corte Madera has launched a project to bury overhead utility lines and improve evacuation infrastructure on Lower Christmas Tree Hill, a wildfire-vulnerable neighborhood of about 275 homes on narrow one-lane roads, as part of the town's broader climate adaptation initiative.
Local Government
Marin County is seeking public input on accessibility barriers through three virtual open houses in August and an online survey, as part of its first comprehensive ADA plan update in years.
Local Government
The Corte Madera Town Council's August 4 meeting includes a proposed 8% salary increase for the associate civil engineer classification and a mid-year work plan review, alongside the previously reported tobacco sales ban hearing.
Local Government
A draft regional transportation plan allocates roughly $200 million for 21 Marin County projects through 2030, including a multiuse path on Paradise Drive in Corte Madera that would add bike and pedestrian access at the U.S. 101 interchange near Town Center and The Village. Public comments are open through August 15.
Local Government
A neighborhood group filed suit July 6 in Marin County Superior Court to block a 337-unit housing development at the former Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary campus in Strawberry, arguing the project violates environmental laws and would block bay views from Chapel Hill.
Local Government
Mill Valley launched its Shoreline Adaptation Framework on July 30, the city's first systematic plan to assess sea-level rise and flooding risks to neighborhoods, schools, and commercial corridors, with two public input events in August.
Local Government
California voters approved just 53% of school parcel taxes in June, well below the historic 70% average, and the trend is already shaping Southern Marin school finance decisions — from TUHSD shelving its parcel tax renewal until 2028 to Reed Union's $115 million bond heading to the November ballot.
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