https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/What happened in Larkspur city government, every morningen-ushttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-31-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-31-weekly.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000The lone civic action of the week came Monday, when the Library Board dug into a formal rental policy for its three meeting rooms: a $25 non-refundable reservation fee for everyone, a $100 setup fee for theater-style seating in the large room, and hourly rates of $50 for the medium room, $125 for the large room, and $30 for the small room. Government bodies and Larkspur-serving nonprofits would have fees waived, and insurance would be required only for rentals of the large room, Room 2.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-31.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-31.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000Larkspur opens filing for two City Council seats, seeks volunteers for City Hall study panelhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-27.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-27.htmlMon, 27 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000The Library Board spent much of Monday's meeting hashing out a formal rental policy for its three meeting rooms, proposing a $25 non-refundable reservation fee for all users, a $100 setup fee for theater-style seating in the large room, and hourly rates of $50 for the medium room, $125 for the large room, and $30 for the small room, with fees waived for government bodies and Larkspur-serving nonprofits. Insurance would be required only for rentals of the large room, Room 2.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-19-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-19-weekly.htmlSun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000The week's one real contest was over a single tree. Owner Robert Grant asked the commission to remove a 24-inch diameter (75-inch circumference) heritage oak at 20 Oak Grove Road — the agenda listed it as 20 Oak Road — in the R-1 district, to make way for a PG&E gas lateral replacement. The existing copper line dates to 1949, ruptured in 2023, and part of it now sits exposed near his deck. Grant described the anxiety of working outside above a 77-year-old gas line baking in the sun.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-15.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-15.htmlWed, 15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000Council goes dark until August 19 as two meetings are scrappedhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-14.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-14.htmlTue, 14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000At 20 Oak Grove Road, owner Robert Grant asked the Planning Commission for a heritage tree removal permit to take down an oak so PG&E can install a new gas line, replacing a 1949 copper line that ruptured in 2023. Staff recommended approval, but with an unusual condition: because the neighbors dispute whose land the tree stands on, a record of survey confirming the tree's location would have to be filed before a saw touches it.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-13.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-13.htmlMon, 13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000The City Council is accepting applications for a newly formed City Hall Study Citizens' Committee, according to a notice posted Monday morning on the city's alerts page.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-12-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-12-weekly.htmlSun, 12 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000The city's only piece of official business this week was also its most consequential: a Thursday news flash confirming that the filing period to run for Larkspur City Council begins July 13, ahead of the November 3, 2026 election. Nomination papers get pulled and returned during that window, and the notice is the formal signal that the clock has started.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-09.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-09.htmlThu, 09 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000The city posted notice Thursday that the filing period to run for Larkspur City Council opens July 13, ahead of the November 3, 2026 election. That is the starting gun for anyone thinking about a candidacy: nomination papers are pulled and returned during the filing window, and the city's notice is the official word that the clock has started.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-05-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-05-weekly.htmlSun, 05 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000Four courts at Piper Park have been the front line of Larkspur's tennis-versus-pickleball squeeze for years, and on Wednesday the Council finally drew the lines. Capital Improvement Project 27-202 — court resurfacing at Piper and Centennial parks — was settled with a three-way split: Court 4 becomes a dedicated, permanently striped and netted pickleball court, Courts 1 and 2 stay dedicated tennis, and Court 3 becomes flexible for both sports, scheduled by staff. The motion came from Councilmember Kendall, seconded by Vice Mayor Paulson, and passed unanimously by voice vote.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-01.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-07-01.htmlWed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000At Piper Park, where four courts have become the front line of Larkspur's tennis-versus-pickleball squeeze, the Council on Wednesday settled Capital Improvement Project 27-202 with a three-way split: Court 4 becomes a dedicated, permanently striped and netted pickleball court, Courts 1 and 2 stay dedicated tennis, and Court 3 becomes flexible for both, scheduled by staff. The motion, from Councilmember Kendall and seconded by Vice Mayor Paulson, passed unanimously by voice vote. Court resurfacing at Centennial Park was part of the same project item.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-21-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-21-weekly.htmlSun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000The single biggest thing to happen in Larkspur government this week was a workshop that produced no vote at all. For the better part of Wednesday night the council chewed over what the city can legally do about long-vacant commercial buildings — above all the former Lucky's/Albertsons grocery site, with the empty Bed Bath & Beyond and the North Magnolia shopping center also in the frame. Fourteen residents signed up to comment, more than on any other item all year.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-17.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-17.htmlWed, 17 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000The bulk of Wednesday's council meeting went to a public workshop on what, if anything, Larkspur can do about long-empty commercial buildings — above all the former Lucky's/Albertsons grocery site, with the vacant Bed Bath & Beyond and the North Magnolia shopping center also in the conversation.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-14-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-14-weekly.htmlSun, 14 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000The longest fight of the week was at 334 Riviera Circle, where the commission approved design review to demolish a one-story house of roughly 2,580 square feet and build a 4,526-square-foot two-story residence in its place. The project — applicant Eric Leighton for owner Josh Rufer, Project No. PLN25-047 — had been continued from May 26 and came back trimmed: plate heights down about 18 inches, gable ends swapped for hips, ridge lowered from roughly 29.5 feet to 28. Staff recommended approval with a Class 3 CEQA exemption.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-10.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-10.htmlWed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000Larkspur's Climate Action Forum spent a good chunk of Wednesday's meeting on a piece of equipment: an electric ride-on mower for the city's maintenance crew. Staff reported that a John Deere-affiliated manufacturer has offered a discount of roughly $6,000, bringing the price to about $32,000 before tax, to replace gas mowers now in the fleet.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-09.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-09.htmlTue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000At 334 Riviera Circle, the Planning Commission approved design review to demolish an existing one-story home of roughly 2,580 square feet and replace it with a 4,526-square-foot two-story residence. The project, from applicant Eric Leighton for owner Josh Rufer (Project No. PLN25-047), had been continued from the May 26 meeting and came back revised: plate heights dropped about 18 inches total and the gable ends were changed to hips, bringing the ridge from roughly 29.5 feet to 28 feet. Staff recommended approval subject to findings, conditions and a Class 3 CEQA exemption.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-07-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-07-weekly.htmlSun, 07 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000The idea was straightforward enough on paper: with Lucky Market gone, let produce vendors set up in the downtown municipal parking lot. Staff brought Council a pilot pairing a for-profit farm stand run by Marin Community Farm Stands (operator Jim Bomb) on Tuesdays with a nonprofit certified farmers market run by the Marin Community Farmers Market Association (director Lynn Bagley) on Thursdays, wrapped in a temporary use permit, an encroachment permit, a license agreement, and right-of-way fees of roughly $170 per occurrence. What it also required was about 18 parking spaces for an eight-hour block — and that is where the evening turned.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-03.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-03.htmlWed, 03 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000At the downtown municipal parking lot, staff proposed a pilot program that would hand over roughly 18 parking spaces for produce sales: a for-profit farm stand run by Marin Community Farm Stands (operator Jim Bomb) on Tuesdays, and/or a nonprofit certified farmers market run by the Marin Community Farmers Market Association (director Lynn Bagley) on Thursdays. The package came with a temporary use permit, an encroachment permit, a license agreement and use-of-right-of-way fees of roughly $170 per occurrence, and staff asked Council to set the fees and consider delegating some fee-adjustment authority to the city manager.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-01.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-06-01.htmlMon, 01 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000The Larkspur Library Board voted unanimously Monday to adopt a stroller policy for the library, setting aside designated stroller parking areas at the front and back entrances while still allowing strollers with children in them to be rolled inside. The policy prohibits leaving an unattended stroller with a child in it while the parent goes elsewhere in the building, and directs patrons who need accessibility accommodations to contact the city's ADA officer.https://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-05-31-weekly.htmlhttps://todayinmarin.space/larkspur/issues/2026-05-31-weekly.htmlSun, 31 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000The biggest item on Tuesday's special agenda never got heard. At 334 Riviera Circle, owners are seeking Design Review to demolish a 2,586-square-foot, one-story house and build a 4,526-square-foot, two-story replacement. The hearing had already been continued once from May 12; on Tuesday, with only three commissioners in the room — Chalmers, Campbell and Swisser — the panel lacked the quorum to take it up and continued it to June 9.