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By 06/16/2021
It has only become harder to recruit and retain a workforce in West Marin over the course of the pandemic, business owners and economists say. The decades-long issue is hampering businesses from reaching their full potential, despite a summer boom of tourists who are ready to spend.
Help-wanted ads are getting almost no response. Without a full staff, existing workers are stretched thin, and some businesses have had to cut back on hours. The restaurant industry has been particularly hard hit, and the issue is nationwide.
The Marin Economic Forum launched a business retention and expansion project in late 2019. Following surveys, interviews and economic analyses, the forum published a report in March 2020, days before the Covid-19 crisis took over. The number-one challenge for businesses was hiring, and economists concluded that the resident workforce was not aligned with job demand. The county relies on an imported workforce in the se
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By 06/09/2021
The Bolinas Community Public Utility District lowered the town’s mandatory water rationing trigger last week from 76,000 to 66,000 gallons per day. The decision, which board member Lyndon Comstock said was “based on conservative assumptions,” brings Bolinas closer to allowing only 125 gallons per day to any of its customers who do not apply for exceptions. “We don’t feel comfortable leaving the trigger at the 76,000 daily consumption rate,” BCPUD general manager Jennifer Blackman said. “That was going to put us in a very unsettling position by the end of the year, if it isn’t raining.” Because of its small water system, Bolinas often feels the effects of drought more quickly and profoundly than other communities in West Marin. But Ms. Blackman said she is proud of the level of voluntary conservation achieved by the community, which she said means water consumption in town is down to about half of what it was at this time