Posts Tagged ‘workforce housing’
As 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.
Read MoreCity Council Tees Up Update on 1 Hamilton Dr. Housing – Feb. 7
On Feb. 7 via Zoom, the Mill Valley City Council continues its review of the feasibility of its plans to create conditions to ensure that dozens of people who work in Mill Valley but cannot afford to live here can do so, thus expanding opportunity and reducing traffic.
Read MoreMarin County Supervisors Approve Plans to Build 10 studio Apartments and 11 Airbnb-Style Extended-Stay Rooms Near Manzanita Park & Ride Lot
The project calls for the construction of a two-story building with 10 studio apartments and 11 studio extended-stay hotel rooms at 150 Shoreline Hwy., near the flood-prone Manzanita Park & Ride lot within the flood zone.
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