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 Corte Madera Parks and Recreation Commission considered a community survey on outdoor fitness equipment at Town Park, Cove Park, and the Bayside Trail during its Monday, July 27 meeting, and held a reorganization vote for new leadership.
Local Government
The Tiburon-Belvedere sewer district formally rejected every finding in a Marin County Civil Grand Jury report urging consolidation of local sanitary districts, with District Manager Johnny Tucker calling the recurring debate a waste of time.
Local Government
Marin County's $250,000 Economic Vitality Strategic Plan will shape support for local businesses, commercial corridors, workforce programs, and tourism across Southern Marin, and County Executive Derek Johnson is urging business owners to participate.
Local Government
The MMWD board voted 5-0 on Tuesday, July 21, to adopt a 25-year water plan that passes all state-required drought tests, but the district's own harsher model shows a potential 4,800 acre-feet shortfall in the 2040s even after 20% rationing, and two ratepayers challenged whether demand projections are inflated.
Local Government
A preliminary evaluation of the MASCOTS regional transit plan shows SMART ridership up 20% and inter-agency transfers up 45% since the April 12 launch, with riders transferring from SMART to the Golden Gate Ferry at Larkspur Landing saving eight minutes per trip to San Francisco.
Local Government
Mayor Max Perrey and Councilmember Katherine Jones will hold the city's next "Coffee with the Mayor" forum at Mendocino Farms on Monday, August 3, giving residents a casual venue to discuss upcoming ballot measures including the expiring $303-per-parcel Municipal Services Tax.
Local Government
Marin Transit plans to eliminate free transfers for cash-paying bus riders and replace its youth pass with a $40-per-month Clipper card cap, with a public hearing set for Monday, September 14 and a board vote on Monday, October 5.
Local Government
The Marin County Board of Supervisors will hold a special closed-session meeting Friday, July 24, to evaluate County Executive Derek Johnson's performance, with no public comment period listed on the agenda.
Local Government
Marlon Washington, Marin County's first African American chief probation officer and a champion of rehabilitation programs including services at the Southern Marin Annex in Marin City, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 10, 2026, after six years leading the department.
Local Government
The Marin County Civil Grand Jury recommends splitting the county's quarter-cent Measure A sales tax into separate parks and agriculture ballot measures and eliminating the guaranteed 15% allocation to municipalities including Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Larkspur, and Tiburon.
Local Government
The Marin County Open Space District Board voted Tuesday, July 14, to accept a privately funded donation of the 161-acre King Mountain summit property, nearly tripling the preserve and opening a long-fenced ridgetop to Larkspur and Corte Madera hikers for the first time in decades.
Local Government
Corte Madera's Planning Commission holds a study session Tuesday, July 14, on proposed commercial zoning changes that would simplify land-use categories, allow outdoor fitness and retail operations, loosen parking requirements, and permit food trucks and pop-ups across the town's five commercial and mixed-use districts.
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