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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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Public meeting to review 5-story+ multifamily housing project at 150 Shoreline, Mill Valley
Tam Valley Community Center adjacent to Tennessee Valley Road
March 5, 2025
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Berkeley City Council
Inside the pervasive news media bias in the Berkeley mayoral election
Missing context, misleading stories helped boost longshot Adena Ishii into the city's top office. Part Three of this series on the Berkeley mayoral election ... … more »
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SMART
SMART could waste $1 billion over next 20 years
I am not kidding. SMART could really waste $1 billion over the next 20 years if we let it. And, I am talking in real $2024 dollars. SMART only survives because o... … more »
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48 Hills
Pending state bill allows developers to make more big local land-use decisions
Under the radar, a Wicks-Bonta housing bill changes the standards for projects in a way that undermines any professional planning standards. AB 1893, authored... … 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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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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HCD
RHNA Quotas, Unfunded Mandates, Buffer Sites, and the CA State Constitution
As more people wake up to the fact that new housing laws have forever changed the way our communities will grow and reduced the say California residents have in th... … more »