Connie Rodgers, President/CEO

San Anselmo is located just 11 miles north of San Francisco and is one of the most vibrant and charming communities in the Bay Area. Our unique shops, small-town atmosphere, and recreational and cultural opportunities truly make San Anselmo a one-of-a-kind town.

In many ways San Anselmo is linked to its earliest days while still being very much in tune with today. Whether you are visiting our renowned antiques shops, strolling through the boutiques, galleries, and booksellers that populate the historical town center, enjoying a meal in one of our unique and contemporary restaurants, or sampling the latest releases of our award-winning local winery, you will find a welcoming friendliness that you may have forgotten exists. That same friendliness extends to San Anselmo's community life, which includes a Carnegie library, miles of hiking and biking trails, some of the best schools in the state, and numerous playgrounds and parks for young and old alike, many of which were built entirely by community volunteers.

It may be an anachronism that in today's world there is still a place where people gather in the evening to watch movies and live performances in our parks, and where shops, and even banks, offer complimentary water dishes and cookies to visiting pooches. But San Anselmo is such a place, and with the continued support of its family of residents, merchants, and staff, and our outstanding Chamber of Commerce, it will remain so.

Mayor Barbara Thornton

Greetings and welcome to San Anselmo!
Although we may be small in size, we offer you and your family a wonderful selection of both interesting and walkable experiences.  Try one of our many restaurants, sampling one of the international dishes that are offered. Stay a night in our quaint inn, where English tea is served on Sundays. Speaking of tea try your favorite organic tea at out specialty tea shop. If you like gelato, that we have also. If your are on your bike, park it (carefully), and sit on one of our many downtown benches and rest awhile.

If you want to try something else, take a walk on Greenfield Avenue which beckons to all ages, from a Lego playground to a woman’s health club, to a long established art supply store.

Don’t leave town without stopping at the Red Hill area shopping area. Here you will enjoy space to walk and be able to eat pizza, shop at the drug store and market, do some banking, and end the day at one of the two nationally known coffee brand shops that anchor the shopping center.

If these conveniences alone do not entice you, check out our award winning school system where your children will receive an education that prepares them for a bright future. While away from school time your children can play at the “children designed” Millennium Park, participate in a town sponsored recreation program, play Little League at the new Red Hill Community Park, or swim ant the newly completed Drake High School Pool complex.

We have just about all that it takes to raise a family in a beautiful community that is proud of who we are and where we are. You are welcome anytime to be here, but most of all we would love for you to live here! Welcome…….. 

Hal Brown, Marin County Supervisor

San Anselmo is easily one of the most vibrant, healthy and interesting communities in all of Marin. The many shops, the small-town atmosphere, the recreational and cultural opportunities truly make San Anselmo a one-of-a-kind town in the Bay Area. With an active chamber of commerce and town council, San Anselmo is genuinely working hard to solve many of the issues so important to us all, such as flood prevention, traffic congestion and safe streets for our children.