PacificVS
The $20B Affordable Housing Bond is Unconstitutional
THE $20 BILLION HOUSING BOND IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Summary: The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (“BAHFA”) has decided that in November 2024, a $20 billion regio... … more »
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Los Angeles Superior Court
A win is a win but keeping it in perspective is important
On March 29, 2022, the cities of Carson, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Del Mar, and Whitter (City of Redondo Beach, et al) filed a petition for writ of mandate in Los A... … more »
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Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
Affordable Housing isn’t Happening and Other Comments on California Realities
Our new housing laws and policies were sold as boosting affordable housing production, but what I’m seeing is an explosion of market rate units statewide. With r... … more »
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Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
Think those razor sharp RHNA numbers are based on something scientific?
The state of California has assigned a large number of housing units — 14,405 — to be sited, and seen built, in Marin County. This is in keeping with eight year h... … more »
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Marin Post
The Marin Post's Most Read Articles in 2023
These are the most read articles that appeared in the Marin Post in 2023, listed in order of readership. Many thanks to the entire Marin Post community for their ... … more »
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Michael Barnes
TIME Magazine reporters praised Senator Scott Wiener. They got it wrong.
On the cover of the December 4, 2023, print issue of Time Magazine, State Senator Scott Wiener was listed among “the 100 most influential leaders driving business ... … more »
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48 Hills
YIMBYs are winning
"Traditional environmentalists are on the back foot. Twenty-nine groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club California, opposed SB 423, arguing it could encourage building in ecologically sensitive habitat and in dangerous fire and flood zones. The California Environmental Justice opposed based on similar concerns." … more »
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48 Hills
New housing laws shift private developer risk onto the public
Why should cities and counties guarantee profits for builders and push the costs of growth onto local taxpayers? Yimbyism famously blames the housing affordabilit... … more »
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catalystsca.org
In-District Lobby Day Promotes HCD/RHNA Audit
More than 60 elected officials and community leaders fanned out during the week of October 16-20 in Catalysts’ first statewide In-district Lobby Day Campaign. Elev... … more »
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Atlantic, fair use
Do localities really have to approve housing in hazard areas?
Is it better to crumple under threats from the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in Sacramento or be reassured by Attorney General Ron Bonta? ... … more »