Sausalito eases hurdles to revive downtown business

Four years ago, the pandemic left downtown Sausalito with 17 vacant storefronts and a handful of business owners worried that city bureaucracy was undermining its recovery.

“In the past, Sausalito had a reputation for a town you don’t want to do business in because its permitting process was so kludgy,” said Kass Green, whose family runs a bayfront inn and once spent months getting approval to install one French door. “Now, we know what we need to do. We have to work with the city to make...