Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
SB 79 (Wiener)-Local government land: public transit use: housing development: transit-oriented development. Senator Wiener’s dreams of remaking California into... … more »
Campaign Photo
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 »
PacificVS
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 »
Los Angeles Superior Court
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 »
Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
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 »
Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
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 »
Marin Post
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 »
Michael Barnes
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 »
48 Hills
"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 »
48 Hills
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 »