Susan Kirsch
NIX the NINE: A Remedy for Harmful Housing Policy
Our legislators are at it again, relentlessly pushing housing bills that benefit developers while damaging communities and ignoring the need for affordable housing... … more »
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MultiFamily Housing
Tamalpais Area Design Development Standards Survey
Recent State of California legislation (such as SB 330 and SB 35) has changed the way that jurisdictions must go about ensuring high quality, sensitive design of m... … more »
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Courtesy of 'Incarcerating US'
Incarcerating US
“From 1920, until 1970, this whole half-century of American history, the rate of incarceration was roughly level, at about 110 per 100,000. This is a broad span of... … more »
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californiastategov
California Budget Crisis and Economic Downturn
Recent news articles on the economy and future prospects for California are more than worrying. I think it will be worse. The article in the IJ on Tuesday by... … more »
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CSPP
Police unions’ power wanes, but how about teachers?
Many of you have written to me over the years - and especially recently - about public sector union power that perpetuates the pension crisis. It took a tragedy t... … more »
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AMG & Associates
The Camel is inside the tent – SB 35 and Novato’s “New Urbanism”
Senate Bill 35 was signed into law by Governor Newsom on 9/29/17. Its goal was to increase housing development by deconstructing local control of zoning and planni... … more »
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KQED
What’s going on in Marin Real Estate?
Here’s my attempt to give a snapshot of where things stand in the world of real estate at this point, in light of all that is happening in the world and particul... … more »
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CVP
Kosmont Study was done without consulting the Sausalito General Plan Advisory Committee
The observations about the Kosmont analysis of Sausalito's Marinship, and other business areas, in Sausalito 2040 General Plan Update series Part II, are spot on. ... … more »
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John Flavin
The Local Economy Under COVID 19: a back of the envelope analysis
A back of the envelope analysis By John Flavin Consultants have proposed to prepare economic analyses for local cities for hundreds of thousands of dollars using so... … more »
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CSPP
Recession Rocks State and Local Pensions, ‘Funding Gap’ Possible
This is an excellent analysis of the impact of the recession, caused by Covid-19, on public pension funds. We are already seeing local government agencies and sc... … more »