Environmental impact review is essential at 1 Harbor Drive
There are many unanswered questions about this enormous project
In March 2026 a developer proposed a project at 1 Harbor Drive. Only 59 of the 294 units are affordable, the bare minimum to unlock state density bonuses.
SOS goal: We're asking the City to require a full environmental review of the impacts, and to make the developer fund the mitigation. We need to make sure this project will not result in gridlocked traffic, lost trees, and new-infrastructure bills that land on residents.
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A 90-foot building where the limit is 35
Measured the way the code requires — to the highest point of the structure — the building reaches 90 feet. The developer reports “80 feet” by measuring lower on the building and leaving out roof peaks and elevator tower. Either number towers over the 35-foot limit, and past the City's absolute 50-foot cap. It would be a wall on our most busiest street.
294 apartments on the city's main road
Bridgeway is Sausalito's main thoroughfare — and the road the whole town leans on when Highway 101 backs up. Adding 294 apartments and 411 parking spaces feeds hundreds of new car trips onto it every day: a real question for traffic, emergency access, and evacuation. That is why we are asking for a life-safety traffic study, with the mitigation paid for by the developer.
The case
Why we're concerned about this
The developer says it needs no environmental review.
It does. The density-bonus waivers, the tree-removal permits, and the rooftop elevator tower all require discretionary findings — which trigger a full CEQA study.
It's the largest proposed building in Sausalito.
294 apartments and 90 feet — where the limit is 35 — on Bridgeway, the city's main road and its alternative to Highway 101.
It clear-cuts the whole site.
All 55 trees, including four healthy native redwoods the developer's own arborist labeled “undesirable.”
We welcome the affordable units — residents shouldn't pay the price.
294 apartments mean hundreds of new car trips and strained services. The developer, not the neighborhood, should fund the traffic, infrastructure, and safety fixes.
The legal bottom line
“Because the Project requires the City to make several discretionary findings, the Project is not eligible for ministerial approval despite being classified as “by right.” For this reason, the Project must undergo CEQA review.”
Location
Where is it
1 Harbor Drive, Sausalito, CA 94965 · APN 063-140-15
How we got here — the full timeline▸
The record
Timeline
November 2025
Measure J passes
Voters approve housing overlays on twelve commercial sites, including a three-acre portion of 1 & 3 Harbor Drive.
March 2026
The developer files under SB 330
The preliminary application freezes the development standards as of this date.
April 2026
SOS holds a community forum
Residents learn what's proposed and how to weigh in.
May 2026
SOS attorneys write to the City
The project is not exempt from environmental review — it requires a full CEQA study.
June 2026
SOS forms a Measure J committee
To press for impact mitigation across all twelve Measure J sites.
Now
Next: the full application + review
The developer's full application is due around September 2026, opening the public-comment window. The City may hold no more than five hearings.
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