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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Nov 14

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.

population density map of San Francisco and Marin County - top new. Black beads represent commuters into Marin County.

3D population maps of Marin County and San Francisco. Every bead represents 2,000 people. The black beads are communters going into Marin County.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 4d

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...

He said he shares his constituents’ concerns about Senate Bill 79, which requires zoning that allows apartment buildings up to nine stories to be built within a half-mile of major transit stops.

“There is a group of us who are continuing to push for common sense in this area,” he said. “Right now, things are still trending in the opposite direction, where you have SB 79 passed overwhelmingly despite all the problems with it.”

Connolly said that despite efforts statewide, housing is still not being built.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 4d

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.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 4d

A little frustrated at how easy it is to widen highways for "equity" purposes when it is so difficult to fund transit.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 13d

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)

Marin IJ - No Kings protest top story in paper

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 14d

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...

The revisions expand the list of activities that constitute using a vehicle “as a place of human habitation.” That list is in response to a 2014 federal court decision that overturned Los Angeles’ habitation ban, Rudin said.

The city’s new list includes “more than one of the following activities,” a staff report said. “Possessing inside or on a vehicle items that are not associated with ordinary vehicle use, such as a sleeping bag, bedroll, blanket, sheet, pillow, kitchen utensils, cookware, or cooking equipment, or obscuring some or all of the vehicles windows.”

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 14d

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.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 21d

And Marin

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 22d

(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.)

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 22d

Best Sacramento band ever.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 23d

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.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 24d

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.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 24d

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.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · 24d

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.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Oct 2

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.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 30

I suspect people are gonna get very vocal if health insurance premiums go up as much as predicted

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 26

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.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 14

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.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 14

Happy Saturday night email. I guess he's OK if we close our schools, police departments and fire departments?

I wonder if the teachers in Marin County are as dumb as ... thinks. Imagine getting a job in Tiburon as a teacher then saying I can't afford to live here please build me a cheap house. Not a small home but a big home but not too expensive.

I worked in Manhattan for 4 years because I had to and liven in New Jersey where I could afford an apartment. Nobody built me a cheaper home. But to say you can't afford a home in Marin is being a cry baby. Don't Solano, Napa and Alameda counties have schools. Here's what they should do. Find a home they can afford then look for the job. Same goes for cops and firemen. I don't want somebody living next to me that can't afford to live here.

I earned my way to Marin and so should everybody else.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 12

Once again, Marin Lately is right on the nose. Although, it's way too optimistic with "several million". Tourist visits are not that high.

Sweatshirt that Says “Sausalito” Once Again Marin’s Top Export

Thus far in 2025 alone, Marin has shipped several million tons of hoodies and crewnecks that say “Sausalito” globally, as the county continues to focus its export economy on tourists who get chilly on rental bikes. The only other commodity produced in any volume by the region are freshman headed to the University of Boulder.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 12

Is this Marin specific data?

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 12

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.

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 12

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.

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Jenny Build Housing Silva @jrskis.bsky.social · Sep 12

Interesting that he wanted to save Sausalito, and not Tiburon.