Paradigm Shift: Rethinking Housing Affordability
The following article is based on a presentation given at a Marin Coalition event held on April 10th at the Club Restaurant at McGinnis Park. Let’s start with... … more »
The following article is based on a presentation given at a Marin Coalition event held on April 10th at the Club Restaurant at McGinnis Park. Let’s start with... … more »
In June of 2023, Dominican Valley LLC submitted five SB 330 Preliminary Application proposals to develop on the 20-acres (approx.) parcel surrounded on three sid... … more »
Currently, California Attorney General Robert Bonta and his band of merry attorneys seeks to enforce the RHNA housing laws for the State's 58 counties. This is despite the fact that the State Finance committee has seen fit to downgrade the necessa... more »
Richard JohnsonOne of the most frustrating things about being a member of the voting populace is when you are inundated with various letters, emails, or phone calls whose sole purpose is to pound an ‘atta-person’ on the back of a certain politico over the work the... more »
Richard JohnsonIn a recent Marin Independent Journal article by Richard Halstead regarding the scheduling of infrastructure projects using a racial component, Mr. Halstead does not include the following: Cities routinely do minority contractors' set asides for ... more »
Richard JohnsonThink of California as one big Disneyland whose various characters have a ride of their own. State Senator Weiner's ride would copy Mr. Toad's wild ride featuring a housing plan without the brakes of local control. That ride would allow the Black... more »
Richard JohnsonToday's Marin Independent Journal features a letter to the editor from Susan Kirsch regarding the use by the YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) movement of bounties for aquiring property. Someone should inform the YIMBY movement of the very terrible conota... more »
Richard JohnsonThe following are the most read article that appeared in the Marin Post in 2022, listed in order of most readership. Many thanks to the entire Marin Post commun... … more »
The December 12, 2022 Marin County Planning Commission meeting (12/12/22) was astonishing both in length and intensity. It’s difficult to condense the scope of t... … more »
On Oct. 4, this editorial, “California is Actually Making Progress on Building More Housing,” appeared in the online version of the New York Times. The author is... … more »