Help Us Save Our Sausalito Historic District

Not Right for the Historic District—9 Stories and 109 Feet Tall!

Rendering based on Francis Gough Illustration and 3/4/2024 project update filed with City of Sausalito
The massive scale overwhelms our historic district.

News Update: Introducing Sausalito Confidential, Our New Interview Series

Spring is here, and it felt like the right time to start something new. This April, we’re launching Sausalito Confidential, a new email interview series.

 

With Sausalito Confidential we want to create space for thoughtful, honest conversation about issues of concern as well as to feature some of the fascinating people who live and work in our community.

 

Starting next month, we’ll be spotlighting the stories of Sausalito’s residents and business owners to learn what brought them here, what they love, what they’ve learned, and what’s next.

(No doubt we’ll uncover a few salty surprises along the way!)

Join the 2,200 People Who Have Signed the Petition to Oppose this Flawed Project

A 9-story, 109-foot luxury condo project has been proposed in the heart of our Historic District—violating city rules and threatening the character of all of Sausalito.

It includes 51 ultra high-end units—and just 8 tiny, substandard “affordable” units crammed against the hillside facing a retaining wall. A travesty pretending to meet housing needs.

If approved, it sets a precedent for more oversized towers and the end of our Historic District.
Stand with us. Sign the petition. Stop this project before it’s too late.

Support Our Legal Action

We're sitting down with Sausalito Mayor Steven Woodside for our first Sausalito Confidential interview. Tell us what's on your mind — we will let community questions guide the conversation. What would YOU ask our first interviewee, Mayor Steven Woodside? Submit your question
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The City has released a draft Request for Proposals for the MLK Park and Corporation Yard sites, and we’ve read its 38 pages carefully. The core protections of our charter and Measure K are there but it still needs some work.
Save Our Sausalito's attorneys have sent a formal letter to the City of Sausalito outlining significant legal, environmental, and factual flaws in the proposed multi-story luxury development at 83 Princess Street—known as "Monster #2."
Our attorneys filed legal arguments exposing why the 605 Bridgeway and the 83 Princess Street developments cannot proceed. New biology report from Dr. Shawn Smallwood documents Princess Grove, where the developer proposes to clear-cut 33 mature trees leading to the decimation of
As we turn the page to 2026, we want to share what's on the horizon—and why your continued engagement will be more critical than ever. The work ahead requires resources, expertise, and sustained community support. Here's what Save Our Sausalito is preparing
The developer behind the massive 605 Bridgeway luxury project is making a final appeal to overturn the City's determination that it violates zoning rules. After City staff and Planning Commission rejections, the fight now moves to City Council in January.
In 2025, Save Our Sausalito and its supporters secured 23 victories that protected our character, our views, and our Historic District. Here's what organized community action accomplished this year.
Sausalito residents rallied to protect the city's iconic views. After mobilizing supporters through emails and public comments, the City Council voted 5-0 to keep View Protection in ODDS, ensuring future development respects our shared bayside beauty.
Donors make Save Our Sausalito’s legal efforts like these possible. Please consider giving today to help us keep up our momentum and protect Sausalito today and for future generations. All contributions are welcome.

Save Our Sausalito Biologist Identifies Habitat of Special Species on Bridgeway Site

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Sensitive species birds photographed in the Princess Grove on April 3, 2024.

Protect the Princess Grove Habitat

The current Bridgeway proposal would clear-cut what has become known as the Princess Grove, a grove of eleven trees, including magnificent coast live oaks standing 45-feet tall and likely almost a century old.

 

study by renowned biologist Dr. Shawn Smallwood showed that Princess Grove hosts special-status species including the great horned owl, Allen’s hummingbird and red-shouldered hawk.

The glass in the structure would result in an estimated 147 annual bird-window collision deaths, according to the report.

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Best-Selling Author Amy Tan Speaks Out on Project’s Threat to Local Birds

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“This proposed building is an eyesore that would damage the unique beauty of our town. Its expanse of glass windows reflecting the bay would lure birds that would be killed by colliding into what appears to be sky. These high-end residences would also be lit at night and attract and kill migrating birds. Sausalito is the varied habitat for hundreds of species of birds that are both year-round residents and visiting fall migrants from September – April.

 

As a board member of American Bird Conservancy and a Sausalito homeowner whose backyard has been visited by 66 species of birds, I voice my strong objection to this proposed building detrimental to both our town’s historic character and its wildlife.”

– Amy Tan –

Sausalito Resident

Join your voice with Amy’s to call upon the City Council to protect Sausalito’s wildlife and the city itself.

This Project Doesn’t Belong in the Historic District

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One million people visit Sausalito’s Historic District every year. It is one of only twelve certified historic districts in all of California.

It is a treasured and much-loved resource as well as an economic engine of the community.

 

The State of California acclaimed the district’s commercial architecture as some of the most notable of its time period.

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Save Our Sausalito

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Save Our Sausalito is a 501(c)4 public benefit non-profit corporation that organizes direct actions to preserve Sausalito’s unique character today and for future generations. We fight for you by advocating for responsibly designed new developments and affordable housing, and opposing developments that detract from Sausalito’s welcoming community.

The Sausalito we treasure and love won’t be here unless we fight for it.

Donations to Save Our Sausalito are not tax deductible.