Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Spirit of Marin Honorees: Will Thompson and Bruce Dorfman
Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC: Large Business of the Year Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce Bruce Dorfman and Will Thompson Since co-founding Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC, Urban Residential Development in Mill Valley in 1999, Will Thompson and Bruce Dorfman have dedicated their careers to addressing one of California’s most pressing challenges: the need for more…
Read MoreWhat California’s New Laws Mean for Your Bills, Job and Family
From electricity costs and housing to immigration enforcement and AI, California’s latest laws will reach into daily life across the Bay Area California’s newest laws could change how your utility spends your money, whether an employer can rely on AI to fire you and what your children encounter on social media. Gov. Gavin Newsom finished reviewing bills from…
Read MoreMarin Voice: We Can No Longer Afford to Find Reasons to Delay Housing
For more than a decade, a 127-acre hilltop former seminary campus in the Strawberry area near Mill Valley has been the star of an ongoing redevelopment fight. In 2015, the land was proposed as a new campus for The Branson School, where I am a student in my senior year. After two years of review,…
Read MoreMarin Voice: Student-Created Organization Pushes for Housing Solutions
On the last day of June, we spoke at a ribbon-cutting event celebrating the placement of an accessory dwelling unit built at San Rafael High School, through the Rebuilding Together East Bay Network’s Big Skills Program, supported by county and private partners like Marin Housing Authority and Wells Fargo bank. In front of a crowd…
Read MoreMarin Voice: Student-Created Organization Pushes for Housing Solutions
On the last day of June, we spoke at a ribbon-cutting event celebrating the placement of an accessory dwelling unit built at San Rafael High School, through the Rebuilding Together East Bay Network’s Big Skills Program, supported by county and private partners like Marin Housing Authority and Wells Fargo bank. In front of a crowd…
Read MoreDick Spotswood: How Tall Is Too Tall For Housing in Marin’s Downtowns?
When it comes to housing proposals in the downtowns of Marin cities, how tall is too tall? That question was recently asked by the IJ editorial board during interviews of Robert Sandoval and Daryoush Davidi in the race for the District 3 seat on the San Rafael City Council. Both gave nuanced but ambiguous replies,…
Read MoreMarin Housing Solutions Forum
We want your help spreading the word about the Marin Housing Solutions Forum on September 22 from 3–5 PM! MCF President and CEO Rhea Suh will speak, as well as Steering Committee member Maureen Sedonaen of Habitat for Humanity and Coalition member Jarrod Russell of CLAM. We put together an Outreach Toolkit containing two graphics, the event flyer, sample text for both newsletters and emails, and…
Read MoreDick Spotswood: For Workforce Housing, Marin Should Buy Older Apartment Buildings
Occasionally, a good public policy idea is sunk due to flaws in the plan for execution. One example is the Oak Hill Apartments, a concept conceived by Marin’s County Office of Education and county government. Financing is more affordable since the rents needed to cover purchase and upgrade costs in existing apartments is less than…
Read MoreMarin Voice: Fire-Resilient Housing Should Be Part of Wildfire Planning
One of the most common concerns arguing against new housing in Marin is that “more housing means more wildfire risk.” The Bay Area has always had a fire season, and the accelerating impacts of climate change are only making that worse. As longtime Marin County residents and climate change advocates, we share the desire to…
Read MoreMarinIJ: Dick Spotswood: California has an Affordability Crisis, Not a Housing Crisis
It’s said that Marin, the San Francisco Bay Area and much of California is facing a “housing crisis.” The bipartisan reaction of politicians is summarized by Gavin Newsom’s boast in 2017. When campaigning for governor he vowed, “I will lead the effort to develop the 3.5 million new housing units we need by 2025 because…
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