Click here to read the Marin Independent Journal April 23, 2023 article regarding the restart of the Vessel Buyback Program.
On April 13, 2023, the Richardson Bay Regional Agency Board of Directors approved the reinstatement of the Vessel Buyback Program.
On June 23, 2022 the Board of Directors of the Richardson Bay Regional Agency approved a Vessel Buy Back Program… Read More “RBRA Vessel Buy Back Program”
At its meeting on April 18, 2023, the Marin County Board of Supervisors approved a grant for the County’s Department of Health and Human
Services to help administer the Richardson Bay Regional Agency’s (RBRA) Temporary Housing Support Program.
RBRA is developing a mooring field, consistent with the BCDC Agreement: Mooring Field
In August 2021, the Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) executed an Agreement with the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC).
This Agreement laid out a plan that ultimately leads to the removal of all illegally anchored vessels and floating homes by October 15, 2026.
Assisted by Coastal Policy Solutions with the involvement of stakeholders and other interested parties, RBRA has adopted an Eelgrass Protection and Management Plan (EPMP) that recognizes the important eelgrass habitat of Richardson’s Bay. The plan establishes an eelgrass protection/no-anchoring zone separate from an anchoring zone.
Click here for Coastal Policy Solutions EPMP Report September 8, 2022
Click here for Audubon … Read More “Eelgrass Protection and Management Plan Adopted August 12, 2021”
There have recently been a number of online postings regarding the treatment of individuals living in vessels on the Richardson’s Bay anchorage that are misleading and inaccurate. The misleading postings have implied that individuals have been removed from their vessels, had their vessels destroyed and were subsequently made homeless amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. None of this is true. If you … Read More “The Facts About Vessel Removal”
Under a new agreement between two agencies overseeing Richardson’s Bay in southern Marin County, only seaworthy vessels will be allowed to anchor on a temporary basis in the bay after October 2026 to preserve the area’s sensitive ecology.
Both the RBRA Board of Directors and the Bay Conservation & Development Commission (BCDC) have approved an agreement that establishes milestones that … Read More “Agreement on Anchorage Management and Environmental Protections”
