Happenings in Marin County Cities
Feb 05, 2026 12:00 PM
Dick Spotswood, Award Winning Marin IJ Columnist
Happenings in Marin County Cities

He's a former Mill Valley Council Member, 1980-1992, and a three-term Mayor of the City of Mill Valley.

He'd served for ten years, 1982-1992, as a Director of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District, representing Marin’s eleven cities and towns.

From 1992-1993 he was Chair of the Doyle Drive Commission and previously a 101 Corridor Committee member and in government his specialty was transportation.

Dick's a San Francisco native, born in 1947, a graduate of St. Ignatius College Preparatory, the University of San Francisco and its School of Law.

He is now a retired trial attorney, is the former President of the Rotary Club of Mill Valley, the Mountain Play Association, the Marin Forum, the Mill Valley’s West Blithedale Canyon Neighborhood Association and the College of Marin Foundation. 

He's also a member of the Order of Malta, a Director of the Marin History Museum, and a Past Director of the California Planning & Conservation League, the Marin History Museum, the Mill Valley Historical Society and 
is Chair-Emeritus of the San Francisco political salon, The Sacramento Seminar. 

Dick and his wife Joanne, both San Francisco natives, have lived in Mill Valley since 1976.
They have two adult children, Beth, a magazine editor and writer, and is a Novato resident and Alex, a San Rafael resident, is an animated television producer for Disney/LucasFilm.
Additionally, he has 3 grandchildren.