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One too many persons lamented to me that we couldn't build housing in Marin because we were too "full." So I did what any normal person would do and built 3D population density maps so people could see how "full" we are. The black beads represent our workforce commuting in.
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...
There's a fair number of people in Marin, who believe California forever will relieve them of the necessity of building housing here. But exporting our workforce to Solano is not gonna work.
A little frustrated at how easy it is to widen highways for "equity" purposes when it is so difficult to fund transit.
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)
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...
Important missing context from this story - Fairfax is the last jurisdiction in the US to have a political duel. Fresh baked cake or not, it's always been crazy.
(Not that I endorse being abusive - but I have so many stories. I had two male staffers who responded to direct performance feedback with "we'll have to agre to disagree". One quickly self-corrected. The other had to be fired.)
I suspect there are two things: 1) lots of abusive male bosses, but there are greater repercussions from complaining/exposing a man(see Andrew Cuomo), and 2) employees are much more less likely to take direction from a female boss than a male boss. One tactic is to make your employees fear you.
I'll add that I think there is also room for regulation of weight or weight + speed. There is no reason a non-cargo bike needs to weigh 80 pounds, and that is far more likely to hurt someone than a 40 pound bike.
My bike is an alternative to driving for meetings up to about 10 miles away. The bike path north of San Rafael can safely accommmodate higher speeds. It's adjacent to 101, with long distances between entrances and exits. There aren't kids, pedestrians, or intersections.
I literally couldn't go North from my house if banned from bike paths! The only other option is the freeway. Forcing Class III bikes out of bike lanes would cause me to sell my bike. I wouldn't ride in a car lane. Too scary. I'd drastically reduce my range on a Class II. Marin is too spread out.
I will take the case that they are good and should not be banned from bike infrastructure, but subject to speed limits. I've ridden 1,400 miles on my Class III ebike in the last year - all instead of driving. I wouldn't have done it if banned from bike paths or limited to 20mph on the road.
When Ezra Klein says that Democrats would do better running pro-life candidates, what I hear is that the Big Donors he listens to prefer pro-life candidates. They don't care about women's rights, and Klein thinks the Big Donors are more important than the voters.
I suspect people are gonna get very vocal if health insurance premiums go up as much as predicted
They never believed they could learn anything from someone who wasn't a white man. If they understood anything about why diversity matters, they would be doubling down on diversity on their boards, not going for a monoculture.
Is Kids been out of school many years. I don't think he has that kind of money. Just wants to pull the ladder up behind him.
Happy Saturday night email. I guess he's OK if we close our schools, police departments and fire departments?
Once again, Marin Lately is right on the nose. Although, it's way too optimistic with "several million". Tourist visits are not that high.
Is this Marin specific data?
And of course, have to provide the evergreen reminder that 66K commuters come into Marin because we've pushed our workforce out. That traffic would be better if we allowed workers to live here. And if had SB 79.
So, Fairfax has finally come to their senses, thanks to Yimby Law and HCD. Ihttps://www.marinij.com/2025/09/11/fairfax-switch-massive-housing-plan-will-get-streamlined-review/
Fairfax switch: Massive housing plan will get streamlined review
The town planning director, reversing his earlier position, says a proposal for a 243-apartment building can be handled ministerially.
www.marinij.com
I suspect in Marin it's because the local coverage was so poor. It was only highly misleading op-eds. I couldn't convince people that bus stops weren't included in the bill.
Interesting that he wanted to save Sausalito, and not Tiburon.