City Council
Prohibition on Food Delivery Apps Keeping Tips Joins List of Eatery-Friendly New Laws in 2022
Assembly Bill 286 increases billing transparency for restaurants that use food delivery apps, making it illegal for those food delivery apps to keep any gratuity meant for workers, whether delivery or from the restaurant.
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Jan. 24
Stay informed, support your community and be an engine for vitality in the coolest place in Marin (yes, we’re biased).
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley, Marin, the Bay Area & Beyond – Week of Jan. 10
We’d argue that we’re one of the best sources of news and information in Marin, a communications pipeline that directly connects to the broader 94941 and Bay Area via maps, magazines and the Enjoy Milll Valley Blog. Among those benefits is a weekly curation of headlines (see below) from near and far within the Chamber’s weekly Friday Flash newsletter.
Read MoreThese New CA Laws Went Into Effect on Jan. 1 – Here Are Some That Might Affect You
It’s easy to get lost in the avalanche of new legislation, so here’s a curated list of new laws of import to Mill Valley residents and businesses. For starters, Newsom signed a trio of pieces that allow restaurants and bars to expand outdoor and parklet service and alcohol sales, and to continue selling to-go alcoholic beverages.
Read MoreA Mill Valley Year in Review: Joy, Pain, Sunshine…What Else? (Lately), Plenty of Much-Needed Rain
As we near the third year of an absolutely relentless, seemingly never-ending and ever-changing global pandemic, it can be difficult to take it all in, to view 2021 with a macro-level perspective, particularly as we are currently awash in the incredibly transmissible Omicron variant. Here’s as good a starting point as any: holy sh** vaccines are an absolute wonder!
Read MoreOh What Fun: Mill Valley Winterfest Brings a Jolt of Holiday Spirit to Mill Valley!!
As usual, the giant rainbow slide was the main attraction for the kiddos, while a fantastic lineup of singers, dancers and musicians to perform throughout the day, including the Tam High Jazz Ensemble, Happy Feet Dance School, Natalia Betzler & Marin Conservatory of Dance. Chabad Mill Valley’s Brooklyn shop and community space led the lighting of a huge ice menorah amidst the eight days of Hanukkah.
Read MoreGive Back @ Winterfest: We’ll Have One Warm Coat and Toys for Tots Donation Stations – Dec. 5, 1-5pm, Depot Plaza
One of the most important elements of the annual Mill Valley Winterfest is an opportunity to give back. On Dec. 5 from 1–5pm at the entrance to the Depot Plaza, we’ll have a Donation Station dedicated to giving you the chance to do just that. We’ll be accepting unwrapped toy donations for the Toys for Tots program and the Performing Stars of Marin via the Mill Valley Fire Department and One Warm Coat.
Read MoreFrustrated by a Deluge of State Legislation, City Officials Resolve to Pull Every Lever Possible to Meet Its Housing Goals
City officials have made it clear that they are dead serious about pulling every lever possible to create the conditions that would significantly expand on the city’s approximately 6,670 current housing units and support the amount of additional housing for which they’re on the hook, according to ABAG.
Read MoreCity Council Digs Into the Marin County Restrictive Covenants Program
The County of Marin has been taking steps to identify and rectify historical documents and records that reflect its shameful past. At the Mill Valley City Council’s meeting in late October, Liz Darby, Social Equity Programs and Policy Coordinator for the Marin County Community Development Agency, gave a presentation on the County of Marin’s Restrictive Covenant Project.
Read MoreCO$T Gathers Star-Studded Panel to Dig Into the Road Ahead Amidst a Housing Crisis
A panel this week on the housing crisis, moderated by former Mill Valley Mayor and longtime Marin IJ columnist Dick Spotswood and featuring State Senator Mike McGuire, State Assemblyman Marc Levine, Novato City Councilmember Pat Eklund and Susan Kirsch, made it clear that the landscape has shifted in recent months on the housing front.
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