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After a Hugely Successful Ballot Measure L in 2024 to Address Massive Infrastructure Needs of $150 Million to $180 Million in the Next 10-15 Years, City Officials Now Look to Implement the 1% Sales Tax Hike, Effective April 1st
Effective April 1, 2025, the sales tax rate for the City of Mill Valley will increase from 8.25% to 9.25% All taxpayers will receive a special notice regarding new sales and use tax rates effective April 1, 2025, 30 days before the new rates start either via e-notice or a letter format that has a “Special Notice” on the top. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration will post the notice on their Special Notices and Notification Letters website. https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/news/special-notices-and-notification-letters.htm. Approved by Mill Valley voters with the passage of Measure L in November 2024, this local sales tax increase of 1% is estimated to bring our community an additional $4.2 million in revenue per year. The City will begin receiving funds in June 2025 to directly support community identified priorities such as wildfire prevention, roads, bridges, emergency routes, flood mitigation, hillside stabilization, and repairing City facilities like the Public Safety Building, Community Center, Library, as well as City playgrounds and fields.
Read MorePaula Reynolds, Advocating for Mill Valley, For Decades, Has Been a Force of Nature for Good in Every Aspect Within Her Beloved Mill Valley Community and Beyond, Raising Children, Supporting an Ever-Growing Brood of Grandchildren and Relentlessly Calling for Vitality in the 94941!
Over the past several months, the City of Mill Valley has made a point to highlight some of the legions of local volunteers who have made an ongoing positive impact to the community. That has included longtime Mill Valley resident Joan Murray, multi-faceted arts patron Vera Meislin and the remarkable contributions of Hugh Kuhn. In March, Paula Reynolds is an oh-so-worthy honoree.
Read MoreMt. Tamalpais Methodist Church Hosts Mayor Stephen Burke for an Issues-Driven Meet & Greet – May 4th, 12pm
Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church has long been home to a welcoming environment for all. Friends and members of Mt. Tam Church are invited to engage with Mayor Stephen Burke as he shares City Council’s visions and plans for the city in the years ahead. This event takes place at noon in the church sanctuary. Mayor Burke will highlight the city’s next steps, following the passage of the Measure L sales tax, for infrastructure maintenance and enhancements, fiscal sustainability, and emergency preparedness. He will also address land use and affordable housing challenges, business and cultural vitality initiatives, the critical importance of public/private partnerships, community engagement, and Mill Valley’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. A delicious pizza lunch will be provided prior to the meet and greet – suggested donation for lunch but all invited to dine regardless of ability to pay.
Read MoreMarin IJ: Bay Area Health Leaders Reflect on COVID’s 5-Year Mark
But what was supposed to be a three-week pause on normal life to relieve crowded emergency rooms stretched to a months-long slog of restrictions that lasted into June 2021, six months after vaccines became available, with mask and vaccine mandates stretching well into 2022, longer than in other states. “The later decisions about when and how to reopen,” Cody conceded, “those were much more complicated.” Her former counterpart in Marin County, Dr. Matt Willis, went a step further. “A lot of our early thinking was organized almost purely around preventing transmission,” said Willis, who retired last year. “But I think we could have been more tolerant of certain forms of gatherings earlier on if we had recognized the benefits of those things.”
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 16th
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Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 10th
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Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 3rd
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Read MoreMercury News: Trump’s Tariffs Would Make Housing More Expensive in the Bay Area. How much? It Depends on What You’re Building — and Where
High interest rates and increasing construction costs had already put a strain on efforts to increase the Bay Area’s inadequate housing supply. Now, as President Donald Trump places sweeping tariffs on imports from China, Canada and Mexico, building costs and home prices are expected to increase even further. Trump’s changing timeline for introducing new tariffs has made it difficult for homebuilders to anticipate what duties will actually go into effect, and when. Here are the tariffs the president has announced so far. Mexico and Canada: On Feb. 1, Trump announced tariffs of 25% on these two major U.S. trading partners that would go into effect in March. Just two days later, he paused the tariffs for 30 days after Mexico and Canada pledged to curb drug flows across their borders. The tariffs went into effect March 4.
Read MoreNew Bay Area Fire-Hazard Maps: Is Your City Among Those Seeing Striking Increases? ‘Zone 0’ Regulations Coming for Highest-Severity Level
On the heels of former Mayor John McCauley and a number of figures within Mill Valley and beyond concerned about fire danger as city and county officials seeks to build more housing, word came this week about new Bay Area fire-hazard maps, with the obvious question being: Is your city among those seeing striking increases? Cal Fire’s Fire Hazard Severity maps for local jurisdictions, issued in 2011, are being updated, with Bay Area maps released Monday. While the old maps showed only areas deemed “very high” hazard, the new ones show that category, with “high” and “moderate” below it. Homeowners who live in areas now deemed at very high hazard on the maps will have to comply with “Zone 0” regulations expected to take effect at the start of next year that include a mandated five-foot zone around every house free of flammable materials vulnerable to flying embers.
Read MoreMarin IJ: Longtime Developer Jack Krystal, Who Has Sought to Develop the Area Around Club Evexia, Seaplane Adventures & Terra Outdoor Several Times, Seeks to Leverage a Flurry of State Laws That Have Stripped Local Jurisdictions
Now comes word via the Marin Independent Journal that San Rafael developer Jack Krystal has filed a preliminary application to construct a five-story residential building in unincorporated Mill Valley near Club Evexia, Seaplane Adventures, Terra Outdoor and treasured San Francisco Restaurant Piccino, which hopes to expand to the Presidio first and in Mill Valley in early 2026. The project at 258 and 260 Redwood Highway Frontage Road, which is very close to another project nearby that would would include 43 apartments and a 54-room residential care center. Under state law, the care center would count as a single dwelling because it would have a shared kitchen.
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