Home-based food businesses may soon have easier path to getting permit in Marin County

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News May 6, 2025May 5, 2025

FILE: A woman squeezes fresh lemon juice into a bowl of homemade pozole in Stockton on Feb. 10, 2023. Marin County supervisors are considering a permitting process for home-based food kitchens that would clear the way for home cooks or bakers to start their own permitted mobile vending businesses. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/CatchLight Local)

Foodie-focused Marin County is making a move to make it easier for culinary microbusinesses to get started.

“In post-pandemic Marin County, buying meals from vendors making home-cooked food has grown exponentially as a culinary choice for consumers,” the county said. “Until now, regulations have not given the opportunity for these start-up food entrepreneurs to thrive.”

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Katy St. Clair, Bay City News

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.

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