Crews remove 4,000 pounds of trash from Richardson Bay, once home to dozens of boat dwellers

A shopping cart, an electric keyboard, two small boats, a PlayStation and an electric foot massager — these were among the 4,000 pounds of trash removed from Richardson Bay last week as part of a weeklong marine debris removal project.

The cleanup came months after most of the dozens of anchor-out boats were removed from the bay, capping off a long, contentious battle the Richardson Bay Regional Agency had with boat dwellers who had refused to leave.

The agency, along with partners, cleaned up about one acre of the waterway between Sausalito and Tiburon. Workers also removed garden tools, batteries, outbound engines and portable generators, anchors and anchor chain and tarps…

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