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City Staffing

At Monday’s meeting, the City Council will consider a few items pertaining to City staffing; including the reallocation of a handful of positions and an update to the Temporary, Seasonal, Retiree, and Fixed-Term Employees Salary Schedule, primarily to reflect scheduled minimum wage increases.

20th Anniversary of the City’s Volunteer Program

Each year almost 2,000 volunteers contribute 35-40,000 hours to the City. “Volunteers add so much to our City services,” said Mayor Gary Phillips. “It’s wonderful to walk around and see engaged citizens contributing to our departments and programs.” Join the City Council on Monday, December 19, 2016 at 7 pm, to honor the 20th Anniversary...

Parent Project - January 2017

The Police Department is offering the Parent Project program again this January. This award-winning program helps parents raising strong-willed or out-of-control adolescents. Parents of kids ages 11 – 18 meet once a week for ten weeks and learn how to manage their child’s decisions in regards to: drugs and alcohol use, running away, gang involvement,...

Richard Landis Retires

At Monday’s City Council meeting, we will celebrate the career of Richard Landis, who retires at the end of the year. Richard began his career with the San Rafael Public works department 20 years ago and has become legendary in his position as Administrative Manager as someone whose wit and charm could diffuse contentious situations....

Get Involved

Communities are stronger when they are co-created with everyone. We want you to join us in making San Rafael even better. In fall 2021, we are inviting input about how to make communications be more inclusive of all residents. Click this page for more details. Volunteer Volunteers provide valuable help to the City of San...

Take Climate Action in 2017

Are you feeling like it is more important than ever to be part of the climate solution? Join Resilient Neighborhoods to learn more about climate change and how you can have a positive impact in your daily life. During this 5-session course you will calculate your carbon footprint and take steps to reduce it, like...

The 2017 Homeless Point-in-Time Count

The Homeless Point-in-Time Count (PIT) is one of the most important opportunities we have to determine whether or not we’re making progress to end homelessness. The PIT only happens once every two years. The next one is coming up on January 27, 2017. We need your help!! Volunteer for the 2017 Count! (no prior experience necessary)...

The 5 Local Approaches to Homelessness

Last time we looked at some of the major economic, social, and political factors that have contributed to "modern homelessness."  While we have the benefit of hindsight to evaluate these national trends, there's sadly not a lot that we can do locally to affect them (you can of course share your thoughts with our congressperson). ...

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Third Street Rehabilitation Project – Grand Avenue to Fourth Street

Staff Giving Back Through Volunteerism

For this final 20/20 Spotlight entry, we thought we’d highlight some City staff that volunteer their time to the community. Many of our employees give back in big ways to their communities, and this Holiday Season is a good time to acknowledge them. As always, we can’t feature everyone, but we’ve chosen three great examples...

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San Rafael launches new digital city platform to better serve residents online

San Rafael, Calif., launched its new digital presence, located at cityofsanrafael.org, using a holistically innovative approach to how cities will procure and deliver online services to residents in the future. San Rafael (pop. 57,713), the largest city in Marin County, located directly north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, began its digital transformation...

Done/Doing (#10)

Here's an update of what we've done and what we're doing next to better serve San Rafael. Done Finalized content creation for all departments and landing pages. Created a subsite for our Community Services department (parks, recreation, and childcare). Reviewed and refined content throughout site, focusing on Answers section of Service Center. Uploaded and labeled...

Casting a Wide Net for Innovation

There are ways for jurisdictions without big city budgets to bring startup energy to the challenges they face. Read the full article on GovTech.com...

Business License Renewal Information

Renewal Notices Renewal notices have been sent to all businesses with active San Rafael business licenses expiring December 31, 2017.  The City accepts cash, checks, money orders, and most major credit cards.  Payments may be made via credit card or eCheck if renewing online. Closed or Relocated Businesses Closed or sold your business?  You can close your...

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