Posts Tagged ‘workforce housing’
After a Marathon Hearing on the Richardson Terrace Project That Ended Without a Decision In November, Planning Commission Votes to Approve, Move to Next Phase
After 18 years of intermittent attempts to develop to build housing on his 575 Blithedale property at the intersection of East Blithedale Ave. and Camino Alto, Phil Richardson, for the first time in the history of the developer’s quest, has a dose of momentum to continue moving forward.
Read MoreMVSD, MV Recreation Host Screening of Gut-Wrenching, Illuminating ‘Our America: Lowballed’ Documentary – Watch It Below
“This about understanding and correcting the intrinsic value of whiteness,” said Andre M. Perry, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, noting that the percentage of white appraisers was as high as 68 percent. “Equity is stimulus, not just for Black and Brown people, but for the whole country. All we are saying is acknowledge it so we can correct it.
Read MoreIn a Packed, Six-Hour Planning Commission Hearing, Richardson Terrace Proposal Garners a Bevy of Discussion and Feedback But Punts to a Hearing on Jan. 10
“I’m 87 years old, and I don’t want my wife to have to build this thing,” Richardson said when asked by councilmembers if he’d be willing to consider alternative versions to the project he was proposing.
Read MoreMill Valley School District Inks Letter of Intent to Buy Six Affordable Housing Units Within Phil Richardson’s 25-Unit Proposal, Which Heads to Planning Commission Nov. 17
An unexpected narrative twist emerged Thursday when the Mill Valley School District board of trustees unanimously agreed to sign a letter of intent with Richardson’s Blithedale Terrace, LLC, to buy six below-market rate units for use as district workforce housing.
Read MoreMarin IJ: County Recorder Cites Progress on Reversing Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants
Marin County Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk Shelly Scott said her staff has identified and modified illegal restrictive covenants affecting 55 historic subdivisions that contain more than 800 parcels,” and the county is looking to “identify, catalog and redact the unlawful, discriminatory covenants in their property records.”
Read MorePhil Richardson’s 25-Unit Proposal Heads to Planning Commission Nov. 8 Amidst California’s Ever-Changing Housing Climate
Phil Richardson has remained steadfast, and, in a shift that’s been building over the past six years In many ways, the legal foundation on which his property stands has moved in a positive direction.
Read MoreAs Legislators Keep Passing New Housing Bills and Gov. Newsom Signs Them, Mill Valley Keeps Its Eye on the Ball of Right-Sized Affordability
On the receiving end of that oft-frustrating avalanche of housing legislation and the disparate opinions about if and how to implement them are longtime government servants like City of Mill Valley Senior Planner Danielle Staude, who is among those at City Hall charged with digesting new housing policy and implementing in a way that is right-sized for Mill Valley.
Read MoreNY Times Puts Mill Valley Center Stage in the Housing Debate, From Nimby & Yimby to Kite Hill
Dougherty has turned his attention to Mill Valley, specifically longtime local resident Phil Richardson’s long-dormant effort to build a multi-faceted development project on his vacant 575 East Blithedale Avenue at Camino Alto lot.
Read MoreMarin IJ Editorial: ‘Save Hauke Park’ Rings Hollow If Mill Valley Must Meet Mandated Quotas for New Housing and Has City-Owned Land on Which to Create It
“If residents opposed to building a portion of that quota don’t want them on the city’s 11 acres, where should the development take place? The answer to that question is a lot harder than saying ‘no’ to anything that’s proposed.”
Read MoreCity Council Backs Next Steps on 1 Hamilton Dr. Housing, Eyes Housing Element Workshop Feb. 16
Before city officials got a chance to do community outreach, they received a written threat of litigation from attorney Patrick Soluri of Soluri Meserve on behalf of the Friends of Hauke Park.
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