Board Meeting Notes — Oct 2025

HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE OCTOBER 14 FHA BOARD MEETING. MORE DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED LATER IN THE FLOATING TIMES. For the fourth month in a row, FHA Treasurer Linda Futrell reported a net gain in income. All sponsors are fully paid up. Two donations...

Tracking Sea Levels at Galilee Harbor

Through a partnership with Webcams for Coastal Observations and Operational Support and Galilee Harbor Community Association, the City of Sausalito has a live bayfront webcam. Located at Galilee Harbor, the webcam will help track flooding, king tide events, and wave-surge in Richardson Bay providing real-time footage for boaters, community members,...

AB 754 Becomes Law

The amended rent control bill agreed to by the Floating Homes Association and Sausalito marina owners sailed through the state Assembly and Senate with only insignificant changes and no negative votes. Last week Governor Newsom signed it into law along with several other pieces of legislation to help boost housing...

Mirene for Sale on South 40 

One of the most iconic homes on South Forty Pier is on the market. The Mirene is a beautifully restored, working 64-foot tugboat where writer Stewart Brand (of the Whole Earth Catalog) and his entrepreneur wife Ryan Phelan have lived for 43 years Originally built as a gasoline schooner to...

Forbes Kiddoo and His Island of Dreams

Forbes Kiddoo, who built concrete barges for the Taj Mahal, the Train Wreck and other houseboats before launching his own private island in 1980, has written a breezy, fun filled autobiography entitled San Francisco Bay of Dreams. The 55-page spiral bound memoir has a forward by Bill Harland, a partner...

Community Cleanup Success!

Huge thanks to the amazing volunteers who came together last weekend to tackle litter around our neighborhood. Together, this dedicated group collected more than 100 pounds of trash — a powerful reminder of what’s possible when we roll up our sleeves and work side by side. The streets (and shoreline)...

Understanding Local Sea Levels

Climate change and global warming are frequently in the news. A rise in sea level is a significant consequence of global warming and is of special interest to coastal communities. Even though our homes and boats may float, they are dependent on docks and parking lots which do not. In...

Auction Winners Settle In

Katie Ladd and John Howes were successful bidders at the FHA Annual Meeting in March for a stay at a historic home in upstate New York. The home, a National Register site on a mill pond, belongs to their East Pier neighbor Susan Huxtable, who also chaired the auction at...

FHA Forges Closer Ties with CoC

Thanks to the efforts of Marketing/PR Chair Julie Durbin, the Floating Homes Association co-hosted an after-work mixer for members of the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce on September 17. The mixer was held at Waterfront Wonders, 314 Caledonia Street, where proprietor Krystal Gambi, who grew up in the Gates co-op, offers...