Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Jan. 26th
DEI & Housing Headlines
- Marin organizations gird for federal funding freeze amid Trump upheaval
- Tamalpais Union school district ethnic studies moves ahead
- Dick Spotswood: Tam District should take a step back on ethnic studies debate
- Marin schools stress migrant safety amid Trump crackdown
- San Rafael gets grant to advance Canal bridge project
- Marin Voice: Marinwood lawsuit misconstrues arguments against segregation
- Marin parks office seeks terrain vehicle for elder or disabled residents
- Marin County swears in first Black supervisor – FULL STORY.
- Hundreds celebrate MLK Day in Marin City
- Marin climate change risks assessed in ‘biosphere’ report
- Tam Union parents object to speed of ethnic studies rollout
- San Rafael’s latest housing prospect: High-rise with 180 apartments
- New California law prohibits using AI as basis to deny health insurance claims
- Marin County moves to implement short-term rental rules
- Berkeley is legalizing a type of housing that could add thousands of units to the market
- Tam Union parents scrutinize ethnic studies plan
- Toll Authority approves measure to further increase Bay Area bridge tolls starting in 2026
- Marin Transit approves $3.7M contract for bus lot with solar canopy
- ‘Lipstick on a pig’: Tam Union student test scores rankle trustees
- Marin students seek stronger anti-racism laws for schools
- Marin County town pushes back against affordable housing project: ‘Misplaced nitpicking’
- Larkspur council ‘alarmed’ by housing partner’s finances
- Marin County launches new limits on vacation rentals
- Editorial: Marin group’s reputation for helping people out of homelessness is well-earned
- San Rafael approves Northgate housing plan
- Developer scales back Corte Madera housing plan
- Investors got big tax breaks to turn luxury apartments into affordable housing. In many cases, rents are higher than before
- Northgate theater closes, raising questions about housing plan
- Marin altruist helps furnish homes of newly housed veterans
- Prop 6: California voters reject measure to ban forced prison labor
- San Rafael approves contracts for homelessness funding
- Bay Area allotted $170M in homelessness funds
- San Rafael planners release final mall redevelopment EIR
- Marin Housing Authority moves closer to Golden Gate Village revamp
- Marin transportation agency considers $12M in project outlays
- San Rafael planning effort looks to elevate Latino voices
- Bay Area job gains in September produce nearly half of state’s growth
- Editorial: As funding paths emerge, SMART must continue to build public support
- Marin student scores mostly flat overall in latest state test results
- Marin exhibit highlights artistic visions of inmates
- Marin schools prioritize AI literacy ahead of state mandate
- Marin lawsuit over supermarket prices settles for $4M
- Marin Jewish community commemorates Hamas attack on Israel
- Marin County issues final report on homeless count
- San Rafael opens authorized camp for homeless
- MacKenzie Scott donates $30 million to Bay Area affordable housing nonprofit
- California’s housing policies haven’t always been very effective. Could these new laws give them teeth?
- Marin City protesters rally against housing construction
- Marin Transit prepares for Clipper transfer discount program in April
- California Will Formally Apologize for Being Complicit in Slavery
- Marin, Sonoma agencies prepare to start bike-share program
- Marin supervisors outline stances on state propositions
- Costs balloon for Marin workforce housing projects
- ‘Insulting’: Marin commissioners rebuke planners over housing control
- San Rafael nears pivotal votes on mall housing plan
- Strawberry housing development EIR faulted by project critics
- Marin supervisors add $5M to workforce housing outlay
- Editorial: Prop. 2 fails to fix broken California school bond program. Vote no.
- This wealthy Bay Area community just blew past its housing mandate
- California gives schools homework assignment: Build housing for teachers
- Marin supervisors approve financing for senior housing complex
- Developer proposes 240-unit senior housing
- Dick Spotwood: Marin needs more ‘alternative’ housing like mobile-home parks
- Marin history: Vivalon celebrates 70 years
- Tamalpais Union school district adds support for students of color
- Sausalito Marin City School District marks ‘joyful’ 1st day
- Santa Venetia property eyed for 62-townhome development
- San Rafael housing plan size rattles Dominican University
- New Marin music nonprofit aims to boost after-school programs
- Marin Voice: Compassion, collaboration needed for encampments
- Marin City songwriting workshop explores inclusion
- Marin planners release Strawberry development study
- San Rafael apartment plan switches to seniors’ housing
- Costco's bold new plan for the California housing crisis
- Marin Voice: Affordable housing is basic human right, economic imperative
- One of every five new homes built in California last year was an ADU
- Marin homeless population decreases nearly 3% in new count
- Upcoming state audit targets California’s housing mandates –Cities say state regulators are slow to review required housing plans, leading to potential penalties
Marin Voice: County needs strategy to stop older-adult homelessness
- California housing developers win first ‘builders remedy’ battles in fight to bypass local zoning
- San Rafael OKs urgency law to halt evictions in Canal area
- Tamalpais High School investigates students over bigoted photo
- California pro-housing bills clash with coastal protections — again
Mill Valley police: Swastikas sprayed on Ukraine flags - Editorial: San Rafael gets clearer idea on needs for those living in encampments
- San Rafael mall submits expanded redevelopment proposal
- Belvedere board advances alternative plan for housing complex
- A developer proposing a four-story, 117-apartment residential care center in Strawberry has taken another step forward in the process to launch his project.
- Libraries are a good place to narrow Marin’s digital divide
- Marin zoning changes could significantly increase housing density
- Bill From Damon Connolly would boost housing-focused community land trusts
- San Quentin's $240M Revamp to Focus on Rehabilitation, End Death Row in California
- If done correctly, all can save on utility bills by creating income-based charges
- SF Yimby: Affordable Housing Approved For One Hamilton Drive
- Marin Voice: ‘Opportunity zones’ paving the way for displacement, not prosperity
- Mill Valley commission begins rezoning for housing influx
- Dick Spotswood: Bay Area public transit agencies should be consolidated by mode
- Marin jurisdictions face rezoning deadline for housing edict
- Marin short-term rental ordinance heads to California Coastal Commission
- Newsom OK’d a minimum wage increase for health care workers. Now he wants to delay it
- Marin property owners to get ADU planning aid
- Higher utility bills coming — again — after new PG&E rate request
- Marin Voice: West Marin vacation rentals are tied to funds promoting affordable housing
- Californians' PG&E bills to rise nearly $400 a year in 2024
- Marin allocates $1M toward land trust for housing
- Marin County on track to streamline ADUs
- Marin Voice: Mill Valley’s 1 Hamilton would further fair housing commitment
- Marin Voice: Apparent bias fuels East Mill Valley group’s housing lawsuit against city
- Marin Voice: Residents of Marin City continue to be left out of housing discussions
- Has Alameda’s new deal hacked the opposition to Bay Area housing construction?
- You can earn $100,000 a year in these Bay Area counties and still be ‘low-income’
- Marin Voice: Mill Valley needs affordable housing now, wherever it fits
- California has 11 of largest housing shortages in US, study says
- Editorial: In order for Marin to see how well they work, ADU hurdles must be cleared
- Helping San Quentin inmates get an education – and a future
- Mill Valley developer seeks ‘builder’s remedy’ project in Fairfax
- Marin jurisdictions might alter inclusionary zoning housing policies
- Marin’s mandated housing: Much planned, little ‘affordable’ Marin cities risk ‘builder’s remedy’ over housing plan delays
- California Voice: The next phase of housing reforms is climate-safe ownership
COVID-19 & Impacts
- Marin health leaders say COVID-19 helped fortify system
- Marin loosens COVID-19 quarantine restrictions
- Marin health officials report spread of JN.1 coronavirus variant
- Dick Spotswood: Marin should be removed from Bay Area transportation tax proposal
- Napa, Marin, Sonoma counties retain pandemic-era ‘parklets’ as permanent fixtures
- Spotswood: San Francisco commute numbers aren’t bouncing back so far
- San Rafael advances new outdoor dining regulations
- Spotswood: With some adjustments, dining parklets should be permanent
- San Rafael approves outdoor dining program
- Tiburon businesses seek downtown modifications
- Novato looks to allow more downtown parklets
- Tiburon takes deeper look at downtown street closure program
- IJ Columnist: Future Should Be About People, Not Cars
- Dick Spotswood: Voters just gave everyone at MMWD a clear message
- Fairfax approves fees for parklet program
- Vicki Larson: We are living in the worst-case scenario
- Marin reckons with state law removing racial covenants
- Larkspur council to consider design standards for parklets
- How San Francisco North Bay restaurants are tackling inflation pressures
- Sausalito extends Caledonia Street outdoor dining program
Wildfires, Health & Climate Change
- ‘What are we paying for?’ California FAIR Plan complaints from people whose homes have burned
- Marin water officials assess preparedness amid LA fire crisis
- Marin water managers favor pipeline over reservoir expansion
- PG&E landed record-setting loan guarantee as Biden exited White House – Oakland-based PG&E said customers could save up to $1 billion as a result.
- North Bay coder offers tool for tracking California wildfires
- Marin health department underscores equity in new 3-year plan
- State Farm’s finances were a worry even before L.A. fires. Here’s what we know about its ability to pay claims going forward
- Dick Spotswood: LA wildfires a frightening reminder for Marin to prepare
- Marin disaster planners see LA fires as warning
- Point Reyes ranchers, National Park Service, environmentalists reach agreement on disputed land
- Highway 37 project updated with wetlands work
- Biden bans new offshore oil drilling off California, most U.S. coastal waters
- Marin Municipal Water District updates workplace safety, disaster programs
- Editorial: Newsom playing politics with EV subsidies
Marin emergency operations center expands - Sausalito board backs plan for bike lanes, crosswalks
- Planners prepare for Marin-Sonoma Narrows debut
- Court rules California Coastal Commission can limit construction of seawalls for thousands of property owners
- Marin agency approves 25-year countywide transportation plan
- PG&E electricity bills are rising far faster than other utility titans: official report
- How Democrats are making a billion-dollar push to decarbonize California’s ports amid Trump’s return
- Bay Area inflation eases up — but electricity and gas utility costs soar
- Governor hopes order curbs soaring bills from PG&E, other utilities – PG&E bills are rising three times as fast as Bay Area inflation rate
- Marin reservoirs remain above average headed into winter
- Marin Voice: It’s time for California to go all-in on fully electric vehicles
- Mill Valley tax program faces rising fire-prevention costs
- California Democrats want to slash gas prices, a state climate policy will raise them
- Gov. Newsom signs new laws cracking down on oil industry in California
- Marin fire inspectors use new ‘scoring’ system for risk assessment
- Editorial: California’s $10 billion Prop. 4 favors politics over sound policy
- California Voice: Don’t add $10B to state’s debt for a climate bond
- Inflation starts to ease in Bay Area — finally — after years of painful prices
- Marin City to receive up to $10M in federal flood aid
- Newsom lifts drought declaration for Marin, 18 other counties
- Response to Marin sea levels 'too little, too late', grand jury says
- MMWD digests ‘breathtaking’ costs of water pipeline options
- Plan aims to protect California coast against rising ocean — and doesn’t require sea walls
- Dick Spotswood: Recently active MMWD needs to keep pushing projects
- PG&E strives to slow pace of increases in electric and gas bills: company CEO
- MMWD takes step toward expanded bike access trial
- Biden administration allots $20M for Highway 37 project
- California Voice: Cement could be part of the solution to carbon problem
- Marin water district partners with firefighters for land management
- Connolly bill proposes boost in residential solar incentives
- Marin sea-level defense costs estimated at $17B
- Dick Spotswood: Bay Area needs large-scale solutions to sea level rise
- Photos from the king tides show what permanent sea level rise could look like in San Francisco Bay Area by 2050
- Marin Voice: Focus on climate solutions Marin can implement in the next 5 years