April Update: RBRA & the City of Sausalito

At the recent April 14 meeting of the Richardson’s Bay Regional Agency (RBRA), the discussion among the board members centered around the budget for 2016-2017. The RBRA staff asked for an additional $191,000 for this year to cover (1) increased legal and insurance costs, and (2) boat abatement. The removal of...

Police Chief / Anchor-Out Meeting – March 2

On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Sausalito Chief of Police John Rohrbacher held an open meeting at the Sausalito fire station to address the issue of anchor-out vessels illegally moored within the waters under Sausalito’s jurisdiction. Chief Rhorbacher had placed printed flyers around Sausalito and the floating homes docks saying he...

Community Meet and Greet Well Received

The first of the community meetings with our government representatives—organized by East Pier residents Carole Angermier and Wilford Welch, and Brad and Teddie Hathaway—kicked off Sunday afternoon (February 28) with Kate Sears, our County Supervisor. The informal setting at 1 East Pier was meant as a discussion, not a speech,...

RBRA and Sausalito City Council at Loggerheads

Anchorage Discussions Continue At the Sausalito City Council meeting January 26 much of the agenda was about dealing with the anchorage in the bay. Lt. Bill Fraass, Sausalito Police Department’s marine officer, presented a two-part plan to deal with the Richardson Bay anchorage. Although there was no discussion about the...

Connect the Dots – All Politics is Personal

County Supervisor Kate Sears on Kappas East East Pier residents Teddie Hathaway and Wilford Welch are hosting a series of community meetings with elected officials. These opportunities to meet face-to-face with our local, state and federal representatives are planned as information exchanges, not fund-raisers. They will be held at Wilford Welch...

Shoreline Flooding

  Marin County’s Flood Zone 3 Advisory Board held a public meeting on November 18 in Marin City to hear presentations on a number of matters of concern to the Floating Home community. After brief presentations on the Coyote Creek Levee evaluation upstream in Tam Valley, and Marin City drainage...

RBRA Stakeholder Committee Outreach

On Thursday, November 12, the Richardson’s Bay Regional Agency held a community meeting at the Spinnaker Restaurant. The RBRA is tasked with managing the navigational waterways, open water, and shoreline of Richardson’s Bay. The purpose of the public meeting was twofold. Firstly, inform the citizens and stakeholders of the Sausalito area about the status...