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• Lew Tremaine - Press Release re-proposed Fairfax School Street Plaza 243 Unit Development

  PRESS RELEASE - Lew Tremainetremainepub@yahoo.comFairfax, CATown of Fairfax planning officials, this last week, sent two separate letters to the proposed developers of School Street Plaza (95 Broadway Blvd.). The first letter, sent Wednesday, June 4 ... more »

  Todd Greenberg — Fairfax June 9, 2025 - 5:43 PM

• Articles on history of monopoly control of U.S. housing

  Since upzoning is being planned for San Francisco, Here's a few sentences from p. 16 of the Terner Center report on why inclusionary housing doesn't work: https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Inclusionary-Zoning-Paper-Ap... more »

  Michael Barnes — Albany June 3, 2025 - 6:30 PM

• Letter to Senator McGuire: Vote NO on SB-79 (Wiener)

  Dear Marin Post readers: After controversy, SB-79 will come to a Senate Floor vote during the week of June 2-6. ACT NOW! Take 7 minutes to stop 7-story buildings from rising in your residential neighborhood! Call Senator McGuire (916) 651-4002 E... more »

  Susan Kirsch — Mill Valley May 29, 2025 - 7:52 PM

• Can Walmart hold prices despite tariffs?

  Trump is threatening Walmart not to increase prices due to tariffs. That's one of the most anti-business positions of any President in modern times (first hitting businesses with huge tariffs then bullying them into not raising prices to cover their... more »

  Gaetan Lion — Mill Valley May 19, 2025 - 11:06 AM

• Aspirational Goal Becomes A Wrecking Ball

  When Governor Gavin Newsom declared he wanted 2.5 million new housing units in California, he failed to see how his “aspirational goal” would transform the Golden State into a matrix for high-rise, rental development. Newsom’s number became the bas... more »

  Ann Duwe — Cupertino April 30, 2025 - 11:30 AM

• Chronicle Editorial Board should read laws before they write about them

  In response to the 4/26 San Francisco Chronicle editorial: “Has California learned anything from the rise of Trump? The fate of this bill will tell us.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/california-housing-education-reading-l... more »

  Amy Kalish — Mill Valley April 29, 2025 - 9:19 AM

• Comment on tariffs from across the pond

  Regarding "It’s official: America has finally screwed the pooch, from a reader in England, we received this comment. A sobering read indeed, great article, Bob. I'm amazed at people's credulity, tariffs will effect the majority while the mino... more »

  Marin Post — Mill Valley April 25, 2025 - 11:10 PM

• The Tariff War is Ill-Conceived

  As noted in "The Chat GPT prompt that blew up and World Trading System," the current tariff war is ill-conceived. Everyone in U.S. and abroad suffers. Expert analyst on Sunday's Fareed Zakaria pointed out that manufactured goods is now only 8 perc... more »

  Peter Hensel — Corte Madera April 16, 2025 - 8:15 PM

• Marin County CDA staff still refusing simple court order to restore community plans

  Note: Bruce Corcoran, the prevailing plaintiff in the case against Marin County, wrote a powerful letter posted here. The letter is also in the public record at the County website. To the Marin County Board of Supervisors, I fully endorse Bruce... more »

  Amy Kalish — Mill Valley January 10, 2025 - 10:38 AM

• Medicare sends the wrong info on Medicare Advantage Options

  Every year I receive inaccurate information from Medicare regarding Medicare Advantage plans options. This year I received this following notice: As shown, it suggests that you have 15 Medicare Advantage plan options. No you don't. I... more »

  Gaetan Lion — Mill Valley December 4, 2024 - 10:27 AM