Sausalito advances effort to upgrade public boat launch

The Sausalito City Council has authorized a $274,252 planning and design contract for upgrades to the Turney Street dock and Humboldt Street bulkhead.

“The Turney Street dock and boat launch area is one of the only free, public launch facilities in Sausalito’s harbor and in southern Marin County,” city official Catie Thow Garcia wrote in a staff report. “In addition to this, emergency services use this boat launch to gain quick access to Richardson Bay. In its current state, however, the...