POINT REYES FAMILY HOMES – COME CELEBRATE
Hello Everyone, It’s Official!
Come celebrate with us!
Congressman Jared Huffman and Supervisor Steve Kinsey will be in town this Friday, February 5th for a press conference & reception to celebrate the official signing of the legislation that directs that the Pt. Reyes Coast Guard site be used for affordable homes. We hope you will join us for a reception at the Point Reyes Family Homes Community Room at 10:00am to celebrate our collective effort and inspiring partnerships that have brought this possibility into reality for West Marin!
The address is:
Point Reyes Family Homes
12 Giacomini Road, Point Reyes Station, 94956
Driving and parking instructions:
Giacomini Road is a road that is basically a long driveway into the Point Reyes Family Homes property.
The community room is attached to the property management office, which is part way down this road on the right hand side of the street. When you see the playground on your right, you have arrived at the community room entrance.
There is also a small parking lot on your right as you come into the property and before you come to the community room.
There is a small parking lot on your left just before the community room.
Below are Congressman Huffman’s words at the signing of the bill – about our effort specifically.
You have each played an important role in this wonderful outcome – with heartfelt thanks, we invite you and hope to see you there!
Kim Thompson
Executive Director
CLAM
Congressman Huffman’s Floor Speech on the signing of the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act
Also full text:
“As somebody that represents one-third of the California coast obviously this legislation is important to me, but I want to especially thank you for one part of this legislation that has special significance for the people of Marin County that I’m honored to represent. Finding affordable housing in Marin County is very difficult and it’s only got harder since the Great Recession and the rebound in the real estate market. That’s had an impact on the families I represent. That’s had an impact on businesses and folks in agriculture who can’t find the full time staff that they need because they can’t afford to live in the community. Section 501 of this bill is going to help in a very significant way to address this housing crunch in West Marin. It is going to take this Coast Guard property, this excess property, and sell it at fair market value to the county of Marin.
This will be a win-win for the County of Marin and also for the Coast Guard and I look forward to seeing the county begin working with local partners on repurposing this property for the public benefit of affordable housing. We still have a long way to go to make sure that working families in places like Marin County and every place else have access to quality housing, but this bill is an important step for at least one community that I represent so I want to thank the tireless group of advocates who have worked on this, especially West Marin county supervisor Steve Kinsey, Kim Thompson and all of those at the Community Land Trust Association of West Marin and others and finally Ranking Member Defazio and Chairman Shuster, as well as the subcommittee members and staff. Thank you very much.”