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Sitting on a dock by the bay. 🏡🛥️ MEHC is now Call Marin Home. YIMBY. @jcdjcd.bsky.social biggest fan.
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Pretty hard for Connolly to argue he supports housing when he opposes measures to make it easier to build. Every approved housing project in Marin is making use of various state laws. SB 70 doesn't even apply to Marin, and he still opposes it. www.marinij.com/2025/10/27/c...
He said he shares his constituents’ concerns about Senate Bill 79, which requires zoning that allows apartment buildings up to nine stories to be built within a half-mile of major transit stops. “There is a group of us who are continuing to push for common sense in this area,” he said. “Right now, things are still trending in the opposite direction, where you have SB 79 passed overwhelmingly despite all the problems with it.” Connolly said that despite efforts statewide, housing is still not being built.
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Really happy to see the Marin IJ increase its coverage of the protests. On the front page, where it should be. (Last No Kings- with a similar crowd at the Civic Center - only warranted a paragraph on an inside page)
Marin IJ - No Kings protest top story in paper
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Apparently, Sausalito is outlawing camping. It is no longer legal to pack a sleeping bag in your car. www.marinij.com/2025/10/13/s...
The revisions expand the list of activities that constitute using a vehicle “as a place of human habitation.” That list is in response to a 2014 federal court decision that overturned Los Angeles’ habitation ban, Rudin said. The city’s new list includes “more than one of the following activities,” a staff report said. “Possessing inside or on a vehicle items that are not associated with ordinary vehicle use, such as a sleeping bag, bedroll, blanket, sheet, pillow, kitchen utensils, cookware, or cooking equipment, or obscuring some or all of the vehicles windows.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Happy Saturday night email. I guess he's OK if we close our schools, police departments and fire departments?
I wonder if the teachers in Marin County are as dumb as ... thinks. Imagine getting a job in Tiburon as a teacher then saying I can't afford to live here please build me a cheap house. Not a small home but a big home but not too expensive. I worked in Manhattan for 4 years because I had to and liven in New Jersey where I could afford an apartment. Nobody built me a cheaper home. But to say you can't afford a home in Marin is being a cry baby. Don't Solano, Napa and Alameda counties have schools. Here's what they should do. Find a home they can afford then look for the job. Same goes for cops and firemen. I don't want somebody living next to me that can't afford to live here. I earned my way to Marin and so should everybody else.
September 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
jrskis.bsky.social
Once again, Marin Lately is right on the nose. Although, it's way too optimistic with "several million". Tourist visits are not that high.
Sweatshirt that Says “Sausalito” Once Again Marin’s Top Export Thus far in 2025 alone, Marin has shipped several million tons of hoodies and crewnecks that say “Sausalito” globally, as the county continues to focus its export economy on tourists who get chilly on rental bikes. The only other commodity produced in any volume by the region are freshman headed to the University of Boulder.
September 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
jrskis.bsky.social
I have spent most of my life within 100 miles of this place and had no idea it existed. Shortly after Burtynsky took this picture in 1999, a lightening strike ignited a fire that burned 30 days. There were over 6,000,000 tires then.
Oxford Tire Pile #1, Westly CA by Burtynsky. This picture is badly cropped. My apologies to Burtynsky.
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Yes. And so many Marinites believe that the traffic in Marin is due to "out of control" development. Many refuse to believe that we have the lowest rate of development in California.
Graph showing relative housing production by County. Marin is by far the lowest.
September 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
jrskis.bsky.social
So, so much parking. Here's one of Sausalito's lots - middle of downtown - on a beautiful, weekend day - when Sausalito is at peak visitors. (Yet, any conversion of parking to other uses is treated as a disaster.)
Mostly empty Sausalito parking lot on a beautiful weekend day.
August 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I'm hearing that SB 79 is going to destroy Marin's neighborhoods by forcing large apartment towers in the middle of our single family neighborhoods. So I mad a map showing where SB79 might allow more density. Hint: it's not in our neighborhoods. It's less than 1% of Marin's land.
Map of Marin showing where SB 79 will allow higher density development to happen. It covers less than 1% of Marin's land, and some of these areas are already zoned at the prescribed densities. This is not going to "ruin" Marin.
August 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Not sure what to make of these streaming recommendations... Who knew that the Marin Board of Supervisors Meetings were so predictive... Somehow, Severance feels appropriate...
Screen shot of streaming recommendations for people who like the Marin County Board of Supervisors Meetings. Materialists is first. Severance and Mickey 17 are also recommended.
August 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
jrskis.bsky.social
Sausalito has its issues, but it also has some of the best bus stops anywhere. More of these please! I'd love to know the history.
Boat bus stop with bird house Triangular tile bus stop Funky hexagon bus stop
July 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Great article on Fairfax's refusal to follow state housing law. Newsom made some strong statements about removing barriers to building housing in his budget. Will he follow through and enforce these laws? davisvanguard.org/2025/07/cali...
The battle in Fairfax, then, is about far more than one apartment complex. It’s about whether California’s housing laws mean anything at all. If a town like Fairfax, after voluntarily submitting and receiving state certification for a housing plan, can simply reverse course when the time comes to follow through, then the entire system collapses. It sends a message to every other city in California: play nice on paper, but block projects in practice.
July 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This 100% affordable housing project in Marin is being attacked for being "ugly". It's hard to understand how this will degrade the neighborhood aesthetics.
Rendering of affordable housing project at 150 Shoreline in Marin County Site for 150 shoreline 100% affordable housing project in Marin County Close up of parcel next to 150 Shoreline 100% affordable housing project. Not pretty.
July 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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My periodic posting of the Sausalito machine shop. There was a proposal to develop the site. It was put on the national historic register instead. Now there is no economically viable way to use it. So it rots on some of the most valuable real estate in the country.
Photo of the Sausalito Machine shop building. This was proposed to be developed into a scientific lab, but Sausalito fought it. Residence got it on the national register of historic buildings. Is no economic use for it. So this building on some of the most valuable land in America continues to rock.
June 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
jrskis.bsky.social
Marin County housing is way out of line with resident's income. There is no housing affordable to people who make $65K or less. Low income residents who lose their housing must leave Marin.
Graphic that shows how Marin County housing options compares to resident incomes. 25% of households make $65K or less. There are no housing options available. 33% of homes are only affodable to folks that make more than $1M, but there are very few residents at that income level.
June 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
jrskis.bsky.social
The Marin IJ is even worse. The protests are against the parade, not fascists. And 1000s of protesters equivalent to a GOP pancake breakfast.
Marin IJ home page, incorrectly stating that protesters are protesting the parade, and turning a story about 1000s of protesters into a story about a handful of republicans
June 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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These trustees need to go back to school. Public backlash and a statement from the Marin Schools Superintendent is not "lobbying". The program they cut had great results. It was already the budget. They made a bad decision. www.marinij.com/2025/06/12/m...
“Mr. Carroll has little information regarding these services and is simply repeating talking points from Mr. Austin and Ms. Tate-Austin and their agents who have been heavily lobbying the board and are dissatisfied with the board’s June 3 decision,” Roenisch said in an email. “Lobbying of a public entity on behalf of specific people seeking consultant contracts is highly questionable and can be reason in and of itself to disqualify a consultant,” Roenisch added. “Quite frankly, I am surprised by Mr. Carroll’s lobbying efforts.”
June 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
jrskis.bsky.social
This is way too on the nose - marinlately.com/amazing-mari.... I heard a demographer compared to war-ravaged communities, in our lack of young adults.
Chart showing age distribution in Marin. There are very few 25 - 35 year olds. In an healthy population, there would be more 22-55 year olds than 65+
May 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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More language to remove the only site with a proposal, and what was the best site for development on the originally submitted housing element. Contrary to this language, this is a prohibition of the conversion of underused office to residential.
extent to which sites were not anticipated to receive voter support, such as sites that would result in significant loss of community amenities that serve all segments of the population, historic sites, and sites that would impact or be impacted by the working waterfront, in selecting sites as Opportunity Sites. In particular, the community support that is required to modify Ordinance No. 1022 is anticipated to be stronger only if housing in the Marinship is located in the northwest portion of the Marinship and away from the working waterfront and if housing in or near the certified Sausalito Historic District does not adversely impact the district, historic sites, and contributing resources.
May 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
jrskis.bsky.social
The city is trying to escape its failure to meet its ODDS deadline by claiming that they already had them. They are just making "better" ones, using software software to ensure no views of altered by new development. They are also trying to preserve a discretionary process. That seems illegal?
Highly edited language on Sausalito ODDS. This language states that the City already has ODDS, and that they are making additional ODDs. o Prior to the adoption of any objective standards for view preservation, the City will publish these standards online and make available any associated software tools to the public for at least one month for beta testing and to solicit public comment. • Prior to the effective date of the ODDS, the City will publish, on its website, information, including a process map or other visual representation, detailing the permit processing procedure from application to entitlement for both discretionary and ministerial approval procedures to ensure transparency for project applicants. This information will include estimated timeframes for each step in the entitlement process.
May 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
jrskis.bsky.social
Why is HCD letting them delay this timeline? There is no plausible reason that Sausalito shouldn't have an update on this. Over than the rumor that the school district (which is small and broke) is not interested.
For Site 73 (SMCSD MLK School Nevada Campus), take the following steps to ensure that sites are made available for affordable housing development during the 6th Cycle: o Meet with SMCSD by December 2023July 2025, as appropriate, to identify the planning process, proposed zoning for the site to accommodate the SMCSD vision for aƯordable workforce housing, incentives for development, financial assistance programs, and opportunities to assist with the application processing, and to ensure that the project is identified for completion during the 6th Cycle
May 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
jrskis.bsky.social
Site 201, the only site with an active proposal, has had its max density reduced. Site 75 remains. The City has already met with affordable housing developers who have told them "no way can we build affordable housing on this site". This is not a good faith effort to build housing.
Site 75 listed in Housing Element site inventory although the city knows that it isn't feasible. Deadline delayed because they know this is trouble. Site 201 switched from "opportunity site" to "inventory" in February revision, and now max density is being reduced. Also, weird thing with Ordinance 1022 which has never applied downtown, and requires voter approval, yet, this isn't listed as being subject to election. It makes no sense.
May 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Sausalito hasn't entitled anything, yet somehow, their existing capacity keeps growing! In their original housing element, they needed to rezone for 697 sites. Now they only need to rezone for 571. Also, they are now rezoning their opporutnity sites at lower densities.
Table of Sausalito RHNA - existing capacity and capacity from potential opportunity sites.The number of sites they need to rezone keeps dropping, even though they haven't entitled anything. And they are downzoning the existing sites.
May 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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More Sausalito shennigans. Can't meet a deadline? Just revise it? What does a deadline mean when HCD allows them to keep changing them?
Table of Sausalito Housing element deadlines. Election orignally scheduled for November 2024. Now November 2025. Table of Sausalito housing element date revisions. Originally, Sausalito would request opinion from state attorney general in April 2024 if election failed.
May 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
jrskis.bsky.social
This is pathetic. Why won't HCD enforce state housing laws in Sausalito?
May 5, 2025 Draft Amended City of Sausalito 6th Cycle Housing Element Housing Plan Background Report Draft Amendments: August 15, 2024, Revised August 22, 2024, Revised February 13, 2025, Revised March 27, 2025, May 5, 2025 Amendments are limited to the adopted Housing Element pages and figures proposed for modification. Revisions are shown in track changes with additions identified with underline and deletions identified with strikethrough. The August 22, 2024 revisions corrected dates in the Housing Plan Program 4, Table 2. The January 21, 2025 revisions address comments provided by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The February 13, 2025 revisions address comments by City Council at its February 4, 2025 Study Session. The March 24, 2025 revisions address comments by City Council at its February 26, 2025 hearing, including modifications to the sites identified to accommodate the RHNA, and revisions to address input from HCD, including updated information regarding pending and approved projects. The May 5, 2025 version replaces the March 27, 2025 version and revises Program 19 to include additional implementation language, revises Program 15 to clarify the applicability of inclusionary housing requirements, revises Housing Plan Table 1 and Background Report Table 57 to reflect approved and pending projects, and includes the full text of Appendix D1 in order to assist the reader in understanding the context of the changes.
May 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM