City of Sand City Government News

The we.Mural Festival in Sand City has been taking place since Sunday, Sept. 29; it will last until Friday, Oct. 4. Just like in 2023, it is curated by the husband and wife muralist duo, Cameron and Crystal Moberg.

More than any other city on the Monterey Peninsula, Sand City feels like a place of possibility, somewhere that new ideas can take root and flourish.

The vision for Sand City’s Art Park was hatched during the height of the pandemic, when the community still wanted to socialize, but also stay outside and at a distance.

For decades, Sand City has had dreams of hotels along its beaches.

There aren’t many hurdles left to clear for Monterey-Salinas Transit’s SURF! project, a rapid transit busway between Marina and Sand City.

City expenditures are split among essential needs and quality-of-life benefits in a budgeting process. And with the fiscal year beginning July 1, government entities, including Monterey County’s 12 cities, are in various stages of tweaking and finalizing their annual budgets.

“Red Dress Day” will seek to raise awareness of missing Indigenous women, girls and “two-spirit” people. The event has been spearheaded by Sand City Mayor Mary Ann Carbone, who has Chumash heritage.

There’s a new City Council member now, but the biggest news in Sand City is that local artist Jayson Fann is installing a temporary outdoor art installation.

A San Diego real estate tech firm has purchased The Independent luxury rental building in Sand City, paying $20 million in a bet on the Monterey Peninsula real estate market.

The ongoing housing crisis has the state of California getting serious about cities and counties zoning for more housing units, after years of failing at creating more desperately needed homes. It's now creating discomfort for many local officials who need…

At approximately 347 acres, tiny Sand City doesn’t have much room to spare. That there is nearly an acre of land for each of its 372 residents is deceiving. The tiny town is hemmed in by protected coastal zone habitat…

Sand City has long had the most idiosyncratic identity of any place on the Monterey Peninsula, and on March 15, its City Council made a decision that sets it apart even more.

There is but one city left on the Monterey Peninsula that doesn’t have an ordinance to regulate or ban short-term rentals: Sand City. But that is set to change.