Joseph Alvarado
Save the Carnegie – Vote “NO” on Measure P
Why save the Carnegie? The Carnegie Library is a vital part of San Rafael’s identity. It is located in the heart of San Rafael’s downtown, on San Rafael's main ... … more »
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Steve Taber
What's Really Driving Housing Unaffordability
There's a lot that is misleading or simply wrong in the April 13 article “Paradigm Shift: Rethinking Housing Affordability”. (There's a lot to like, too.) For ... … more »
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CVP
The Mill Valley School Board Pivots
One need only look at the chaos in Washington DC these days to be reminded that when our rules-based system is ignored to assuage one group’s feelings or beliefs o... … more »
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CVP
Dominican Valley Residents are Steaming Mad for Good Reason
Deep in the heart of Dominican Valley sits a unique and spectacular piece of property: one of the last remaining, large parcels of wilderness land in the Black Can... … 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 »
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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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Save Dominican Valley
A Community Effort to Save Dominican Valley
Nestled in the northeast foothills of Black Canyon sits a heavily wooded, almost 20-acre parcel of land filled with a majestic old-growth forest that runs up steep... … more »
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California State Archive
Lots of Housing Laws. Not much Housing. Part II
Skinner’s “good RHNAs” charade The legislators’ CEQA hatefest was punctuated by a rambling, cryptic commentary from Sen. Nancy Skinner about funding the housi... … more »
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California State Archive
Lots of Housing Laws. Not much Housing. Part I
Hearing, data show how the state's 'streamlining' supply-side approach is failing. Since the 1970s, apostles of growth have decried local control of land use... … more »
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MGI
Who’s Counting? How McKinsey Hyped California’s Housing Crisis
[This article was originally published in The Brooklyn Rail and is republished with permission] When Gavin Newsom was running for California governor in 2017, he ... … more »