The proposed height and density are highly appropriate for the Northgate Mall Redevelopment project. Marin County’s urgent need for both affordable and market rate housing should be met with height and density in order to conserve our environmental resources, to assure cost effective public and private services delivery, and to preserve our open space. Further,…
The proposed Oak Hill project near San Quentin utilizes surplus state land to meet one of California’s most pressing needs — the lack of affordable workforce housing. One of just 10 such projects statewide, Oak Hill will consist of 230 apartments — half for educators and half for low-income households. The project offers a rare…
Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for July 10, 2019 The Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative commends the Independent Journal’s excellent article on rising rents in the Marin Park mobile home community in Larkspur (June 12), and the issues facing Marin’s mobile home park residents, in general. Mobile home park residents are in a particularly unenviable situation —…
ACA 1 is a measure that will lower the necessary voter threshold from a two-thirds supermajority to 55% to approve local general obligation bonds and special taxes for affordable housing and public infrastructure. This measure gives local governments a more realistic financing option to fund an increase in the supply of affordable housing and to…
We agree with the analysis of fair housing issues in the draft housing Element finding that Mill Valley is racially and ethnically segregated. In particular, we agree with the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) analysis in Appendix E which finds the City: has been impacted by past discriminatory housing practices with respect to land use…
We need to stop displacement and the loss of affordable housing now. This is both a humanitarian issue and a climate issue. The life of every displaced person is disrupted in very profound ways, impacting schooling, employment options, transportation, health and housing. Every displaced worker forced to commute adds to our traffic and emissions challenges. …
This exciting new proposal would provide 115 units of workforce housing for teachers and school support staff and 115 units of affordable housing for low-income households. The state is making five acres of land it owns between the prison and the Larkspur ferry terminal available to the developers at no cost. The developers selected to create this…
This is the type of project that San Rafael and Marin County needs to solve its housing crisis and to reduce car dependency and greenhouse emissions. It will provide 162 housing units to local workers who are currently forced to commute long distances, and it is in a walkable area near transit. This project will…
MEHC supports the mixed-use project proposed at 575 E. Blithedale Avenue. We concur with the analysis in the staff report that finds the appeal has no merit. MEHC supports the recommendation that the City Council uphold the Planning Commission’s conditional approval of the project and the determination that the project is exempt from CEQA. The…
The Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative — MEHC — attended the June 1 MMWD meeting, and the IJ’s June 2 article—Marin Municipal Water District delays decision on hookup pause—described the meeting well. One key fact about MMWD’s proposed moratorium on new water hookups cannot be over-emphasized: it would save only one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) of…