The City of Sausalito held its Community Workshop #2 for the Shoreline Adaptation Plan on Saturday, January 25th at the Bay Model. The capacity crowd of interested Sausalito community members heard from city staff and representatives from its consultant team, WRT. Marin County Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters and Sausalito Mayor Joan...
We love our floating home lifestyle, but we often find ourselves concerned with subjects the landlocked know nothing about, like freeboard, macerator pumps, and the health of the hulls on which we float. West Pier neighbor Court Mast and I talked at length about hulls as we recently spent time...
HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE JAN 14 FHA BOARD MEETING. MORE DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED LATER IN THE FLOATING TIMES. Peter Miller (Main Dock) was elected President of the FHA Board. Other officers elected were Alex Shoer, Vice President and Karen Tischler, Secretary. Linda...
While discussions continue between the Legislative Action Committee (LAC) and the Sausalito floating home marinas over an amendment to the Floating Homes Residency Law, Assemblymember Damon Connolly is planning to introduce a spot bill as a placeholder for potential legislation modifying AB 252 provisions. This placeholder indicates intent to address...
Last week we quoted a projection from the Marin Independent Journal that sea levels would rise “more than 6 feet by 2100,” according to the California Ocean Protection Council. Soon after our post appeared, the IJ issued a correction, changing the projection to one foot of sea level rise over...
On the evening of January 7, 2025, Gate 6 1/2 homeowners Felicity Gordon and Blaise Simpson attended the third and final community meeting to discuss the Marin City Stormwater Plan. The meeting was held at the Senior Center in Marin City. The plan was initiated in 2023 to reduce flood...
Two articles in the Sunday Marin IJ starkly detail the effects of climate change on our local environment. Writing about the Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s newly adopted regional shoreline adaptation plan, IJ reporter Adrian Rodriguez states that water levels are expected to rise “more than 6 feet by 2100...
The Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) continues to make progress toward reducing the number of anchor-out vessels from the waters off Sausalito. In September, the agency removed the last illegal floating home off Waldo Point, a condition of its agreement with the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). ...
The following is excerpted from the Marin County Sea Level Rise Adaptation Newsletter: With more than 70 miles of coast and 40 miles of Bay Shore, Marin County is one of the communities most affected by sea level rise in the Bay Area. Rising sea levels will affect many parts...
Reminder: On the Floating Homes Association website, FHA members can find a list of service providers with experience working on floating homes. Services range from licensed contractors to handypersons. Please note that the listed service providers have not been vetted; their names were put forth by someone living on the docks....