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Latin based news media channel Univision features Regina Vindel and Franccesca Santana from the Workforce Development program.
City Hall has earmarked funding for affordable housing, including a project led by Canal Alliance.
With societal inequities coming into sharper focus during the pandemic, vulnerable residents in Marin should be at the center of a countywide COVID-19 recovery strategy, a new report says.
San Rafael is spending $2.6 million on four affordable housing projects. Canal Alliance will receive $400,000 toward the acquisition of an apartment building in the Canal area to convert to affordable housing.

by Natalie Hanson Residents in the Canal area of San Rafael are calling on the city to improve public lighting to increase safety after dark. Canal Alliance and Dominican University of […]

Residents in the Canal area of San Rafael are calling on the city to improve public lighting safely after dark.
Gina Ayala Claxton is the new president of the Canal Alliance Board of Trustees.
Marin County’s public health office, hoping to get more COVID-19 booster shots into arms, is set to expand mobile vaccination clinics in San Rafael’s predominately Latino Canal neighborhood.
Study credits emergency cash assistance programs from government and nonprofits for keeping people out of poverty. But social services leaders in Marin said the need remains, and especially in low-income non-White communities.
Omar Carrera said the new district boundaries will make it easier to advocate for his community with one supervisor, rather than three.
December 5

Sound The Alarm

December 5, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Smoke Alarms Save Lives! Working smoke alarms can cut the risk of death from home fires in half. That’s why

September 5

Our Canal, Our Bicycles

September 5, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Accessible transportation in the Canal is important! In collaboration with Redwood Bike Share, MCE, and Drop Mobility, Canal Alliance’s PACE

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