Et Tu, Mother Jones?

Once a storied left-wing publication, the magazine is now fallen into the neoliberal Yimby camp—and the editor refuses to talk to us about it. By MICHAEL BARNES JUNE 21, 2023 Et Tu, Mother Jones? 48 Hills Editor’s note: When I first saw a piece by Michael Barnes in...

Housing Report: Blame Ourselves, Not Our Stars

By Wendell Cox and Joel KotkinJune 19, 2023California Reports Housing Report: Blame Ourselves, Not Our Stars No issue plagues Californians more than the high cost of housing. By almost every metric—from rents to home prices—Golden State residents suffer the highest...

Focus on surplus properties for housing

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | According to my research, it appears that the state is using erroneous data and methods to justify its inflated housing mandate which is ruining the opportunity to provide for low-income, senior and workforce housing. As a former member of...

The Real Affordability Crisis

Posted by: Bob SilvestriThe Marin Post https://marinpost.org/blog/2023/6/15/the-real-affordability-crisis “Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth” ~ Joseph Goebbels. Last week, I wrote about the dismal track record of California’s state housing laws to...

Simple Explanation of RHNA and Housing Mandates

Posted by: Amy Kalish – June 10, 2023 – 6:10pm https://marinpost.org/blog/2023/6/10/rhna-and-housing-mandates-made-easy WHAT IS RHNA? RHNA is the Regional Housing Needs Assessment — the number of housing units (a place for at least one person to live)...