by mvchamber | Feb 1, 2022 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, County of Marin, Emergency Preparedness, Food & Drink, Local Laws, Mill Valley Lumber Yard, Restaurants
In our roundup of new pieces of legislation that went into effect on January 1st, we missed one that is a long overdue, positive step for the legions of workers who work for food delivery app companies like GrubHub and UberEats. Assembly Bill 286 increases billing...
by mvchamber | Jan 4, 2022 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, County of Marin, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Food & Drink, Housing, Local Laws, Restaurants
California State Capitol in Sacramento. January 1st is the day that legislation passed in the previous calendar year – and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom – takes effect. As usual, the California State Legislature can’t be faulted for inactivity. On the heels of...
by mvchamber | Dec 30, 2021 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, City Council, City of Mill Valley, County of Marin, Depot Plaza, Dipsea Race, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Emergency Preparedness, Food & Drink, Health & Wellness, Housing, Kids, Live Music, Local Laws, Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley Lumber Yard, Miller Avenue, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Outdoor Art Club, Philanthropy, Restaurants, Shopping, Strawberry Village, Sweetwater Music Hall, Tam Junction, Volunteerism
(DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II) 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,...
by mvchamber | Oct 28, 2021 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, County of Marin, Diversity & Equity, Housing, Local Laws
Clockwise from top left. State Sen. Mike McGuire, Dick Spotswood, State Assemblyman Marc Levine, Novato Councilmember Pat Eklund and advocate Susan Kirsch. Other than the relentless pandemic that has, rightfully so, captured just about all of our attention since March...
by mvchamber | Sep 23, 2021 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, Diversity & Equity, Health & Wellness, Housing, Local Laws
1 Hamilton Drive, a proposed site for workforce housing. The Council delcared the portion of 1 Hamilton Drive shaded in blue exempt surplus land. Can the City of Mill Valley successfully create conditions to ensure that dozens of people who work in Mill Valley but...
by mvchamber | Sep 16, 2021 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, Diversity & Equity, Health & Wellness, Housing, Local Laws
1 Hamilton Drive, a proposed site for workforce housing. The portion of 1 Hamilton Drive shaded in blue is expected to be identified as exempt surplus land, a necessary legal step the City must take prior to entertaining proposals for the site. Nearly three months...