Measure X, Sausalito rezoning proposal, failing in early results

Measure X, a proposal to ease 40-year-old development restrictions along part of the Sausalito waterfront, was heading toward defeat in early results on Tuesday. Nearly 61% of the voters rejected the measure, which was written by the community group Sausalitans for a Thriving Waterfront. It requires a simple majority to pass. The measure proposed to rezone 85 acres of waterfront lots and 59 acres of industrial parcels from Spinnaker Point north. Sophia Collier, a co-founder of the opposition campaign Save Our Sausalito, said Measure X is the opposite of planning. We are grateful to every neighbor who studied the measure and voted on either side, she said. If the result holds, Sausalito voters will have kept their say over the waterfront, and Save Our Sausalito will ask the City Council at its next meeting to confirm that Marinship businesses may use 15% of their space for retail, as the general plan already allows. That is the first step toward helping the Marinship — and bringi