The City of San Rafael observes eleven public holidays each year during which non-essential City offices are closed. The listing below provides details of these closures for the current calendar year. 2018 CITY HOLIDAYS Monday, January 1, 2018 New Year’s Day Monday, January 15, 2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Monday, February 19, 2018 President’s … Continued
In 2017 the City of San Rafael and our partners took major, concrete steps towards ending homelessness and improving the quality of life in our community. To start off the year, on January 27th almost 100 community volunteers were deployed across the entire county for the bi-annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count. The results were mixed – … Continued
This morning, December 28, 2017, the City received notice from Caltrans bridge inspection staff that the existing Southern Heights Bridge should be closed effective immediately due to structural safety concerns. As a result, we’ve closed the bridge and installed detour signage. The City is currently working with a bridge consultant to design a new concrete … Continued
Project Progress During the month of November, Alten Construction substantially completed all excavation activity for the new storm drain. Form work and concrete pours for all manholes and inlets continued throughout the month. Temporary storm drain bypass measures were maintained and a secondary bypass pump was removed due to decreased rainfall. The review and processing … Continued
The City takes a big step this week in its commitment to increase energy efficiency and reduce San Rafael’s overall carbon footprint with the replacement of more than 2,700 street light bulbs with LED lights. The LED (light-emitting diode) lights, use dramatically less energy than standard older, high pressure sodium lights, and are estimated to … Continued
On Tuesday night, in a 5-0 vote, the City of Novato approved two pilot locations for the Marin Mobile Care mobile shower program. This is a huge step towards increasing countywide access to basic hygiene services while simultaneously connecting people with the new Coordinated Entry system for housing. We thank the City of Novato for … Continued
Effective October 1st, the County of Marin – working in partnership with local providers and the City of San Rafael – officially launched Coordinated Entry. Coordinated Entry is our new strategic framework for ending chronic homelessness. As a quick reminder, the strategy is: People with lower scores are still being served … Continued
Based on the 2017 Homeless Point-in-Time Count, there are approximately 1,100 people experiencing homeless in Marin County. Over 70% of Marin’s homeless community resides outside of San Rafael. In an effort to simultaneously reach people outside of San Rafael, de-concentration services in Downtown San Rafael, and get people plugged into the County of Marin’s new … Continued
Starting Monday, December 4th, 2017, City Hall 3rd floor functions of Planning/Zoning, Building and Cashier/Business Licenses will have new counter hours. The Planning Division will add one additional afternoon (Tuesdays) for counter hours during the week. Building Division & the Business Licenses/Cashier counter hours: Monday- Thursday: 8:30am – 4:30 pm; and Friday: 8:30 am -1:30 … Continued
You may have noticed our recent road closure signs posted on the 100 block of Irwin Street. During the 2016-17 winter season, heavy storms and rainfall contributed to a slide on part of the hillside adjacent to the upper portion of Irwin Street. We are working with FEMA to make necessary repairs on this steep … Continued
