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.
Measure K Housing RFPs Are Out. Give Your Feedback.
When Measure K passed, Save Our Sausalito committed itself to be a watchdog and make sure that the City follows a charter to fulfill the promises made when voters were asked to trust and vote in favor of the measure and mission of establishing affordable senior housing at MLK Park.
Now, 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.
On Sunday, March 8 at 11am there will be a forum at the Spinnaker where you can attend or send in comments using our handy, fun email tool. Click the button below.
The final RFP is expected in March, with proposals due May 1. We’ll continue monitoring every step of this process and will keep you informed.
After Measure K passed, we described our vision: a multigenerational MLK campus — ballfields, schools, dog parks, and senior housing side by side — a place where our seniors can age in the community they love. We fought to get here. Now let’s make sure every detail in this RFP lives up to that promise.
Join the 2,200 People Who Have Signed the Petition to Oppose this Flawed Project
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.
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Save Our Sausalito Biologist Identifies Habitat of Special Species on Bridgeway Site
Sensitive species photographed in the Princess Grove on August 19, 2025.
Protect the Princess Grove Habitat
The current Bridgeway and Princess Street proposals 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.
A study by renowned biologist Dr. Shawn Smallwood showed that Princess Grove hosts special-status species including the Anna’s hummingbird, monarch butterfly, the great horned owl, western grey squirrel, tree-roosting bats, Allen’s hummingbird and Cooper’s hawk.
The glass in the structure would result in an estimated 196 annual bird-window collision deaths, according to the report.
Best-Selling Author Amy Tan Speaks Out on Project’s Threat to Local Birds
“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
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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