Monday, July 20, 2026

California city chief arrested on a yacht just three weeks after taking over top job

California city chief arrested on a yacht just three weeks after taking over top job

Sausalito’s new city manager was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of felony burglary after Marin County sheriff’s deputies responding to a noise complaint found her aboard a yacht that authorities say belonged to someone else.

Elaine Forbes told deputies she was having “a bad morning” and insisted they leave what she claimed was her boat, the Marin Independent Journal reported.

Forbes, 53, was taken into custody less than three weeks after starting as Sausalito’s top administrative official.

Elaine Forbes, who had been on the job for less than three weeks, was taken into custody by Marin County sheriff’s deputies on Humboldt Avenue near Johnson Street.

The arrest came two days after the Sausalito City Council placed her on administrative leave following a closed-session meeting.

Deputies responded to the Sausalito Yacht Harbor shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday, where they said Forbes was found aboard a vessel she did not have permission to board.



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