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With Regret and Gratitude The Marin Post Has Suspended Operations
The Marin Post suspended operations on June 18, 2025. The Marin Post website and all its content, blogs, notices, news, media, and letters will be saved and... … more »
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Social Security Trust Fund Collapse: What Happens when the Money Runs Out
By 2031, Social Security’s main trust fund could be depleted — forcing benefit cuts of 25% or more. This is related to the US Fiscal Crisis that I covered in an e... … more »
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Michael Barnes
The Emperor's New Housing
On May 1, the California Department of Finance Demographics Unit issued its annual press release on population and housing estimates for the state. Unlike othe... … more »
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Adena-Ishii
Inside the Berkeley Mayoral Election - Part 6
In his January 16 column for The New Yorker, Jay Caspian Kang wondered: “Is California going through the early stages of a political realignment that has not qu... … more »
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Marin Post
It’s official: America has finally screwed the pooch?
The real reasons tariffs are so stupid As everyone knows by now, the U.S.-initiated global tariff war is, as the financial press has called it, “the dumbest trad... … more »
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Inside the Berkeley Mayoral Election - Part 5
A key factor in Adena Ishii’s victory was her self-presentation as a conciliatory outsider. Her campaign website declared: “Adena Ishii is an experienced communi... … more »
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Mill Valley city web page
California Mandates for growth in high fire hazard zones must stop
We can no longer ignore the real-world consequences of promoting housing growth at all costs, ignoring the impacts on the safety of our citizens. Given the tra... … more »
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CVP
Paradigm Shift - Part VI: New Hope for Affordable Housing?
We find ourselves bombarded these day with the one-sided argument that affordability all comes down to housing “supply and demand,” despite no statistical evidence... … more »
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Marin County
Comments to the Marin BOS and PC on amendments to the Countywide Plan
The following letter was submitted to the Marin County Board of Supervisors and the Commissioners of the Marin County Planning Commission on January 7, 2025, regar... … more »
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How a Yimby candidate with little experience became Berkeley’s next mayor
Adena Ishii has never held public office—but had some key endorsements, good luck, and perfect timing. Berkeley’s new mayor, education consultant Adena Ishii, is a... … more »