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Residents sound off, urge action at Belvedere coyote forum
Editor’s note — This article won fifth place for best coverage of local government in the California News Publishers Association’s 2023...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·
Experts to address coyote problems at Belvedere forum
Belvedere’s community forum on coyote behavior and management is back on the calendar, with experts from the California Department of...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·Activists sue Belvedere for adopting plans without state review
A nonprofit pro-housing group has followed through on its threats to sue Belvedere after the City Council adopted its eight-year housing...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Belvedere centenarian says he values life’s simple joys
Belvedere resident Louis “Bud” Spiesberger has experienced a lot in his 100 years of life, from making maps for Gen. George Patton during...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·
Belvedere man’s independent film to screen at S.F. festival
Belvedere filmmaker Adam Zbar describes his latest movie in part as a modern retelling of Dante’s “Inferno” with Silicon Valley as the...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·
Housing groups threaten Belvedere with lawsuits
The Belvedere City Council next week plans to take at least one more look at its eight-year blueprint for housing before sending it off...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·Belvedere woman helps share stories from inside San Quentin
As a teacher inside San Quentin State Prison helping inmates obtain their high school equivalency credentials, Belvedere resident Diane...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·
Belvedere to hold off on plan to shoot coyotes with paintballs
Belvedere has tabled a proposed pilot program to use paintball guns to identify and mark aggressive coyotes, with councilmembers saying...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·Belvedere will seek to adopt housing plan before state’s required review
Belvedere is planning to take a leap of faith on its blueprint to accommodate 160 new housing units in the next eight years, with the...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Lynch elected to his first turn as Belvedere mayor
The Belvedere City Council has elected Vice Mayor Jim Lynch to serve as mayor for the coming year, while colleague Peter Mark was chosen...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·
Belvedere council pushes public comments to end of its hearings
The Belvedere City Council will move the open public-comment period from the beginning of its meetings to the end, a change that...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·Belvedere turnout in November vote 79%
Belvedere residents helped drive up countywide turnout in the Nov. 8 election, with some 79.2 percent of registered voters casting...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Belvedere officials urge city to take another look at housing rules
The Belvedere Planning Commission is recommending the City Council make permanent an urgency ordinance that helps preserve a number of...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Belvedere parks panel wants lane rehabs back on track
Belvedere’s parks committee is asking the city to renew its effort to improve public walking lanes, an initiative that was put on hold...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·
Belvedere officials urge city to take another look at housing rules
The Belvedere Planning Commission is recommending the City Council make permanent an urgency ordinance that helps preserve a number of...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·Belvedere parks panel wants lane rehabs back on track
Belvedere’s parks committee is asking the city to renew its effort to improve public walking lanes, an initiative that was put on hold...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·Belvedere consultants urge affordable-unit minimums, pro-housing program
After receiving more than 200 comments on Belvedere’s draft plan to accommodate 160 new housing units in the next eight years,...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Measure D: Belvedere voters reject charter-and-tax plan for seismic roadwork
Belvedere voters have rejected Measure D, a 0.8-percent real-estate transfer-tax and charter plan on the Nov. 8 ballot to fund $20...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·Belvedere City Council: Cooper set to join incumbents on council
Incumbents Sally Wilkinson and Peter Mark will retain their seats on the Belvedere City Council, to be joined by unofficial slate-mate...
By KATHERINE MARTINE ·
Belvedere City Council: Incumbent, three hopefuls seek two full-term seats
The four candidates competing for two four-year seats on the Belvedere City Council include one incumbent and three newcomers who all say...
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