14 Facts About Sausalito

Sausalito is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located 1.

Sausalito developed rapidly as a shipbuilding center in World War II, with its industrial character giving way in postwar years to a reputation as a wealthy and artistic enclave, a picturesque residential community, and a tourist destination.

When Sausalito was formally platted, it was anticipated that future development might extend the shoreline with landfill, as had been the practice in neighboring San Francisco.

Sausalito has a Mediterranean climate with far lower temperatures than expected because of its adjacency to San Francisco Bay and the resultant onshore breezes.

Sausalito was once the site of a Coast Miwok settlement known as Liwanelowa.

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Sausalito is believed to refer to a small cluster of willows, a moist-soil tree, indicating the presence of a freshwater spring.

Sausalito was a center for bootlegging during the era of Prohibition in the United States.

The ship Sausalito was not built in Sausalito but at one of the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, on the San Francisco Bay.

Sausalito has three sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:.

Sausalito-on-the-Waterfront Foundation, incorporated in May 2009, is a non-profit California public benefit corporation.

Several decades Sausalito had a local newspaper called the MarinScope, owned at times by Paul and Billy Anderson, and Vijay Mallya.

Sausalito retains a small radio station founded by Jonathan Westerling, Radio Sausalito 1610 AM, which serves as the city's Emergency Broadcasting System.

Sausalito is served by the Sausalito Marin City School District for primary school and the Tamalpais Union High School District for secondary school.

Sausalito has a municipal fishing pier and the Turney Street Boat Ramp.