FHA Events Chair BettyAnn Kram has announced that this year’s Day in the Park will run from noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 3 at Waldo Point Harbor’s Van Damme Park, located between Issaquah Dock and Charles Van Damme Dock. This year the focus will be on making DITP...
On Sunday, the San Francisco Chronicle ran an obituary for influential Sausalitan Annette Rose that reads like a pocket history of the houseboat community. Annette got into politics after being evicted from a condemned construction shack on the Sausalito waterfront in 1984. She served on the City Council and Marin...
The lead article in Monday’s Marin IJ announces the introduction of our amended rent control legislation. Reporter Richard Halstead explains how the original rent control law was conceived and how some provisions were unsuitable for floating home marinas in Marin. He goes on to detail the lengthy negotiations between the...
Michele Affronte of Liberty Dock and Engel & Völkers Real Estate sends along statistics from the multiple listing service that indicate the market for floating homes shows no signs of slowing down: In 2024 16 Floating homes sold on the multiple listing service The lowest price was $565,000 and the...
On October 28, tenants of Waldo Point Harbor received the following communication from the Harbor’s management: In light of the different burdens caused by various types of subleasing of floating homes within Waldo Point Harbor, we are currently reviewing and revising the Sublease and Short Term Rental Rule (Lease Exhibit...
Following the FHA’s communication of attorney Ken Coren’s memo to the Marina owners, WPH and Kappas requested to meet. LAC responded by establishing a subgroup to meet with marina executives that included residents of all harbors. The subgroup’s primary purpose was to explain LAC’s opposition to fees charged since the...
The Richardson Bay Maritime Association (RBMA) is on the last leg of fundraising to restore remaining Charles Van Damme Ferry artifacts—the paddle wheel and smokestack—for display at the Waldo Point Park. Your donation will help close the gap. Donate online or by sending a check to RBMA, P.O. Box 1198,...
Merry Loomis of Main Dock sends along this account of Sausalito being featured in a Broadway show: On a recent visit to New York City I had the pleasure of nabbing a last minute ticket to the 2024 Tony Award winning play “Stereophonic”. I went in knowing that the play...
Volunteers are on the last leg of fundraising to restore the paddle wheel and smokestack from the Charles Van Damme Ferryboat, and permanently display these special artifacts in Waldo Point Park where the Ferryboat once stood. Says volunteer coordinator Judyth Greenburgh: We have all the necessary approvals and have raised...
HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED OR DECIDED ON AT THE MAY 14 AND JUNE 11 FHA BOARD MEETINGS. MORE DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED LATER IN THE FLOATING TIMES. The May Board meeting focused on the results of a legal opinion that some fees and costs recently...