County of Marin
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
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Read MoreMarin Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis Eyes Omicron Plateau ‘This Week or Next’
“I think we’re seeing early signs that the omicron surge is waning,” Dr. Matt Willis, Marin public health officer, told scores of parents, teachers and students on a webinar hosted by the Marin County Office of Education, according to the Marin Independent Journal. “We’re seeing it plateau this week and next.”
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 MoreOn the Heels of New State Indoor Mask Mandate, Marin Follows Suit, Effective Dec. 15
Though the vast majority of businesses in Mill Valley had continued to recommend patrons to wear masks indoors, the statewide policy shift was a direct reflection of the arrival of the new, highly transmissible omicron variant.
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 MoreTiny Signs and a Love Letter to Marin: Tam Glad Sits Down with Chelsea Andersson, NBC’s ‘Making It’ Finalist and Ex-Tam Valley Resident
Tam Junction resident Adam Cohen continues to highlight the array of amazing businesses and people in his neighborhood via Tam Glad. His latest digest focuses on Chelsea Andersson, a former longtime Tam Valley resident who was a finalist on NBC’s ‘Making It’ show.
Read MoreMarin County Supervisors Approve Plans to Build 10 studio Apartments and 11 Airbnb-Style Extended-Stay Rooms Near Manzanita Park & Ride Lot
The project calls for the construction of a two-story building with 10 studio apartments and 11 studio extended-stay hotel rooms at 150 Shoreline Hwy., near the flood-prone Manzanita Park & Ride lot within the flood zone.
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