In late 2023, Marin County Government officials sought to see which way the wind was blowing when it comes to the priorities of its constituents. They got a pretty definitive reply from residents via a countywide community survey: the top issue was housing with 31%...
Thinking back through the most fraught, complex conversations we had in our community in 2020 and the years that followed, it’s worth remembering how incredibly it was that 18 local residents went through painstaking work of detailing and identifying the ways...
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On the heels of a pair of major steps forward – an approved Housing Element by the State of California’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) through 2031 and unanimous City Council approval of a new development of 45 apartments that are deemed...
The so-called builder’s remedy penalizes cities that have failed to get state approval for their plans to accommodate new residential growth. Without the state’s sign-off on that plan, known as the housing element, developers can skirt local zoning codes and propose...
