Do you think that holds a for those reliant on public chargers? Our nearest chargers are privately owned and apparently the owner drastically increased prices in retaliation renters who advocated for rent stabilization. It's made me wary.
Hearing him speak, it sounds like cutting red tape and lowering fees is his only strategy on housing. Not a lot of discussion on the need for funding. He also asked to be held accountable for what he can control - speed and fees. We need someone who will make sure the housing gets built.
It'd be easy to mock Sausalito for an error like this. But a jurisdiction of 7,000 with a volunteer city council that is responsible for roads, bicycle infratructure, parks, building codes, zoning, police will make mistakes. Especially when it spends most of its time fighting housing laws
More on Strawberry. This is the first time I've heard a regular housing development described in bedrooms. Scare-monger much? This is 197 new housing units on 197 acres. This has been in process for 12 years. No development is low density enough to escape opposition.
Today, I am again reminded of how much I hate health insurance in America.
Not all of the residents are going for this. I don't see how the neighborhood group can restrain folks who disagree from fighting this.
It feels extraordinarily anti-democratic that a neighborhood association has negotiated land use restrictions on 127 acres. This is not a group that represents the public interest.
I'm not understanding the question
On the Marin County planning commission meeting. The Strawberry Development is been under discussion for 12 years. The developer has come to an agreement with the neighborhood group. A key point is that the developer will not seek to build any more housing on this land - 336 units on 127 acres.
Wealthy elites paid for a 167-page screed attacking public transit because, "The train will never pay for itself."
Wait until they hear about "free" parking!
I'm curious about AB 2433 - Housing development: affordable homes bonus - is this purely an expansion of the existing bonus density law? Is the name change to Affordable Homes Bonus Program purely marketing?
You wouldn't know it listening to the DEI rhetoric, but one of the most effective tactics to increase diversity and equity is to replace subjective/gut-based processes with more rules-based, objective processes. This is far more common in big companies.
"Chef Keller... said he does support workforce housing — but added that "housing only works if it actually works for the people who live and work here." - Has Keller ever supported a specific housing project? "I support housing" is just a prelude to objections. www.foxnews.com/food-drink/s...
In our 1973 Countywide plan, we were planning that our population of 240,000 would be 800,000 by 2023. Instead, we have 254,000 residents.
Big win. The San Rafael City Council affirmed (3-2) the approval of 700 Irwin - a 17 story mixed-use proposal in San Rafael. The developer has partnered with the Canal Alliance to manage the affordable units. Kudos to Councilmembers Kertz, Hill and Bushey. www.cityofsanrafael.org/700-irwin-st/
Marin is nowhere near building their fair share of housing.
There are also many people in Marin who want to build. Unfortuately, the trolls and NIMBYs have way too much power to stop projects.
Marin County already has 85% of its land restricted from development, either as Open Space or agriculture. Yet, residents continue to demand the conversion of land proposed for housing to be converted to more open space. www.marinij.com/2026/02/11/m...
Much more extreme. I graduated mid-90s. It was very much work hard/play hard. Now it's just work hard and be disciplined.
Marin spends more each year on maintaining its open space than it has in its affordable housing fund. Marin does not have an open space crisis, yet continues to acquire open space. No one ever asks about maintenance costs. Yet fully funded affordable housing is opposed due to strain on resrouces.
Our housing shortage is a policy choice. In Marin, we are a decade into working to convert a closed Coast Guard facility into housing. So many agencies involved and everyone has the opportunity to stop it. Our Civic Center has 30 acres of surface parking lots. We could build 1000s of homes.
It's such a striking contrast to my parents generation, in which the wildly successful over-indulged in great food and wine.
My male Bschol friends have become increasingly lean and fit - much more than when we were classmates. I have a theory that the extreme self-denial they exhibit is a signal to those around them that they are willing to whatever it takes. (This emerged pre-Ozympic - now there's more bulking up?)
Help stop the misguided attempt to license bikes in CA, it will only lead to making it more difficult for people to adopt bikes. We don’t need new laws, we need the existing classifications of e-bikes to be properly enforced.
bikeeastbay.org/say-no-to-ma...!
I'm all for school buses, but I'm pretty sure reinstituting school bus service is not going to be less expensive than a bike lane.
Amazing! I'm pretty sure I know how the research on Marin residents turned out. Glad the technology was useful.
I'm in guessing those future casters didn't include a lot of moms.
Fairfax residents purchase housing element site to "protect" it from housing development. Now they want the town to take over the care of the site. The town's not so sure it wants to do that. www.marinij.com/2026/01/15/f...
See Sausalito.
101 Sausalito on-ramp
Sausalito houseboats
Not King Tides?
