Southern Marin Scoop

May 27, 2022

Dear Friends and Neighbors in Southern Marin,

 I wish you and your families all the best this Memorial Day weekend when we honor and remember those who have served our country. I wanted to share information about events coming up on the weekend and in the month of June; importantly, please VOTE by June 7!

 All the Best,

 Stephanie

 

Ember Stomp

Saturday, May 28, 2022, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Fire Safe Marin presents Ember Stomp, the first-ever wildfire prevention festival in Marin County. This FREE event held on May 28, 2022, at the Marin Center Fairgrounds Island will be a celebration of Marin County’s groundbreaking community effort to reduce the risk of a catastrophic wildfire. The festival will be an immersive experience, featuring live music, hands-on activities, awards and entertainment, and lots of great food, inviting all Marin residents to explore ways to keep fire safe.

 

 

Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade

Monday, May 30, 10:30 a.m.

I hope to see you at the Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade! I’ll be riding with Maggie Lang, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator with Mill Valley Fire Department, and Michelle Goddard-Terrell, Marin Disaster Council Mill Valley Emergency Preparedness Commission. We look forward to gathering together in-person after two years of virtual parades.  This year’s theme is " Mill Valley Salutes Memorial Day." The Veterans Ceremony at Lytton Square (in front of the Depot Cafe) begins a 9:45 a.m. and the parade starts at 10:30 a.m. just before Old Mill Park. It will feature a Color Guard, a dog march (with trophies given for Best Dog), the Redwood Drum Corps, a veteran float, and more. This year, the parade will also focus on the war in Ukraine, and honor those who lost their lives fighting for freedom around the world. A portion of the parade registration and sponsorship proceeds will go to humanitarian aid in Ukraine. There will also be a KIDDO After Parade Party at the Mill Valley Recreation Center, which begins at noon with live music, food, and carnival.

 

 

Join the Marin County Participatory Budgeting Committee

Thursday, June 2, 6 p.m.

The County of Marin is making $2.5 million available, and YOU decide how it will be spent. This new way of making decisions about publicly funded projects is called Participatory Budgeting, a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. It gives community members real power to make decisions over real money.

Next steps:

• Join the next online Participatory Budgeting Information Session on June 2, 2022 from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
• Appy for the Participatory Budgeting (PB) Committee!  

 

 

 

Marin to Host Gun Buy-Back Event

Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

The recent tragic events across the country involving guns weigh heavily on our hearts. While these tragic incidents occurred many miles away from Marin County, we need to continue to work together, be vigilant, listen and provide support to each other.  Marin County’s effort to enhance safety in the community includes the goal of collecting and disposing of unwanted and unneeded firearms. On June 4, the Marin County District Attorney’s Office, the City of San Rafael, and local law enforcement agencies are conducting a gun buy-back event at the sheriff’s headquarters in San Rafael. The collaborating agencies are working to help reduce gun violence, the risk of accidental discharges, domestic violence, suicide, and gun theft by encouraging people to voluntarily turn in or sell guns they no longer want in their homes. All guns collected will be destroyed.

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Marin Evacuation Drill Events in June

June 4 and June 25, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Come and join your local first responders in the 2022 Evacuation Drill Events on Saturday, June 4 & 25, 2022 in Cascade Canyon, Edgewood and Hawk Hill Central (Mill Valley), Blackfield (Tiburon), Rodeo/MLK and Spencer (Sausalito) locations.

This is a great opportunity to learn directly from our Fire District about community safety and disaster preparedness in your neighborhood.

To Participate, please be sure to sign up for alerts at AlertMarin.org. Download the Evacuation Map and checklist at https://bit.ly/39uWbR1.­

You will receive special instructions via AlertMarin on the morning of your designated neighborhood drill and then just walk down to your "Community Refuge Area" at the time stated. We look forward to meeting you and answering your questions.

Locations: June 4, 10:00 am – Old Mill School, Mill Valley June 4, 1:00 pm – Rodeo/MLK Park, Sausalito June 4, 10:00 am – Edgewood Reservoir, Mill Valley June 4, 1:00 pm – Blackfield/Bell Aire School, Tiburon June 25, 10:00 am – Spencer/Cloudview Park, Sausalito June 25, 10:00 am – Almonte/Mount Tamalpais School, Mill Valley

These drills are proudly held in partnership with Mill Valley Fire and Southern Marin Fire Protection District, Mill Valley, Sausalito and Tiburon Police and the Marin County Sheriff departments.

 

 

Voting Underway for June 7 Election

Ballots for the June 7 Statewide Direct Primary Election have been sent to all active registered voters in Marin County.  Under the Voter’s Choice Act (Senate Bill 450 from 2016), a voting model adopted by the Board of Supervisors in May 2021, all registered voters are automatically sent a vote-by-mail ballot and multiday regional vote centers replace one-day neighborhood polling places. Here is complete list of vote center locations. For more information about voting in the June 7 election, click here.

 

 

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Stephanie Moulton-Peters │District 3, Marin County Board of Supervisors
3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 329, San Rafael, CA 94903
(415) 473.7331
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