Sausalito reduces rent for arts center

The Sausalito City Council has voted to reduce the rent paid by the Sausalito Center for the Arts by nearly half.

The council voted 3-2 at its meeting on Sept. 17 to direct staff to amend the city’s lease with the nonprofit, which rents a city-owned building at 750 Bridgeway. The monthly rent will be $6,000, reduced from $11,095.25.

“If we charge the SCA $11,000 or even $8,000, we’ll be pretty much guaranteed that we’ll either put them out of business or make them so anemic that...