If the state really wants more housing

Housing, Opinion

By Michael Brownrigg and Donna Colson.     We   recently critiqued the state housing element process, noting that Sacramento’s reporting requirements result in many hypothetical housing units but few real ones. Here we outline how the state could get more...

Housing Unaffordability: How We Got There and What to Do About It

Housing, Opinion

THE FUTURE OF CITIES A Series of Essays on the Urban Future TOBIAS PETER AND EDWARD J. PINTO Capital will always go where it’s welcome and stay where it’swell treated. Capital is not just money. It’s also talent andideas. They, too, will go where they’re welcome and...

Marin Voice: In fight against excessive housing numbers, our hands are far from tied

Housing, Litigation, Opinion

The California state Capitol building. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images) By SUSAN KIRSCH | April 21, 2023 at 3:43 p.m. You don’t think of the typical Californian giving in to a mantra of “there’s nothing we can do” or “our hands are tied.” But the threats of a...

Wiener, the Yimbys, and the 50-story tower

Housing, Politics

An ambitious politician is backing away from the Yimby position in the face of a project that is going to be deeply unpopular. ByZELDA BRONSTEIN APRIL 19, 2023 Up to now, when it comes to development, Scott Wiener and the Yimbys have always agreed that bigger is...

LOCAL CONTROL BACKERS ATTEMPTING NEW INITIATIVE

Housing, Legislation, Litigation

CALIFORNIA FOCUS FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023, BY THOMAS D. ELIAS Immediately after state legislators passed the landmark SB 9 and 10 in 2021, taking most local land-use decisions away from city councils and county supervisors, resentful local officials vowed to run a...