County of Marin
SF Chronicle: Here are 21 New Laws that Californians Must Start Following in 2025
“For the past six years, through boom, bust and pandemic, California’s Legislature has ended each session with a blitz of new laws that aim to make housing more plentiful and affordable.
Read MoreDick Spotswood: Here’s Why Traffic Congestion on Marin’s Local Roads is Getting Worse
The post-pandemic trend to work from home has decreased the number of Marin residents commuting to San Francisco. Those new home-based workers patronize local restaurants, retail shops, grocery stores, bars and exercise venues, all by car. That’s why most Marin downtowns are vibrant. Marin’s prosperous residents want their property in top condition. Mill Valley City Manager Todd Cusimano reports that, this past year, 1,272 building permits were issued with a total valuation of $98 million. That means large numbers of contractors, landscapers and tradespeople coming and going.
Read MoreMarin IJ: Bay Area Planners to Poll Residents on Transportation Tax
“We are supportive of a measure to go forward,” Marin County Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters, a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said at its special meeting on Monday. “I have always supported a 10-year measure, just trying to get closer to the problem at hand, but I’m sympathetic to other organizations that may need capital projects to get the votes they need to pass.”
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Dec. 1
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Read MoreCalifornia Voice From Bob Stonebrook Via CalMatters: The best way to prepare for Trump is by fixing our state government
In 1969, Peter Drucker, the influential management consultant, author and educator, noted in the now-defunct Public Interest journal that the greatest factor in our “disenchantment” with government is that government has not performed. His remedy holds just as true today. Improvement in government requires, “the clear definition of the results a policy is expected to produce, and the ruthless examination of results against these expectations. This, in turn, demands that we spell out in considerable detail what results are expected rather than content ourselves with promises and manifestos.” Overcoming disenchantment requires achieving results.
Read MoreNational Politics Got You Down? Between the Outstanding Marin IJ and Lots of Great Bay Area News Orgs, as Well as Our Little Enjoy Mill Valley Engine That Could – This Is Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of November 24
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Read MoreMarin IJ: County Lands $26 Million Windfall Via ‘Higher than Expected Revenue’
The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates relatively high as a means of cooling inflation, which spiked to 8% in 2022. In addition to pandemic-induced kinks in supply chains, two trillion-dollar spending bills passed during the Biden administration have been cited as probable causes of the rise in inflation. Marin County benefited at both ends of the equation, since it received a $50 million share of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act economic stimulus bill.
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of November 18
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Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of November 11
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Read MoreCounty’s Hopes for an Innovative Proposal to Split Marin City Affordable Housing Between 150 Shoreline Hwy. in Tam Junction & 825 Drake Ave. in Marin City Hits Another Significant Snag
Caleb Roope, chief executive officer of the Pacific Companies, the project’s developer. “That isn’t how we see it.” Roope said the bonds were issued long ago and purchased by Citibank. He said the ruling has failed to shake Citibank’s confidence in the project. “Everybody takes for granted that you’re not going to be able to unwind approvals that have already happened,” Roope said. “The ruling doesn’t have an effect on what we’re doing and our ability to proceed.” Roope said his company owns the land in Marin City and has all of the needed approvals.
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