by mvchamber | Jan 6, 2025 | City of Mill Valley, County of Marin, Health & Wellness, Spirituality
“Although price growth has slowed since rates have returned to historic norms and inventory has increased this year, supply remains tight, and affordability has deteriorated, so a full recovery to pre-pandemic levels is still a few years out, even though sales are...
by mvchamber | Jan 2, 2025 | County of Marin, Diversity & Equity, Health & Wellness, Housing, Tam Junction, Tam Valley
That plans to build a five-story apartment building on Shoreline Highway in Tamalpais Valley got off to a rocky start should not come as a surprise. The Tamalpais Design Review Board, the neighborhood planning board, was scheduled to review the plans, but it was...
by mvchamber | Jan 2, 2025 | City of Mill Valley, County of Marin, Health & Wellness, Spirituality
You have (hopefully) heard by now that Marin is in the midst of a housing crisis, and that if we don’t address it head on, we may ultimately lose the local control we have over where new housing appears within our community. Jennifer Silva, a longtime housing...
by mvchamber | Dec 16, 2024 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, Climate, County of Marin, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Wellness, Housing
California’s property insurance market has been reeling after a series of devastating and costly wildfires over the last decade, with estimated losses of more than $35.8 billion. Insurers have argued that outdated voter-approved regulations enacted in the late 1980s...
by mvchamber | Dec 16, 2024 | County of Marin, Diversity & Equity, Health & Wellness, Housing, Tam Junction, Tam Valley
Per the Marin IJ, on the heels of Marin County Superior Court Judge Stephen Freccero’s decision to nullify approvals for millions of dollars in tax-exempt bond funding for a proposed apartment building in Marin City, the developer said the project – split...