Jenny Build Housing Silva

I'm curious about AB 2433 - Housing development: affordable homes bonus - is this purely an expansion of the existing bonus density law? Is the name change to Affordable Homes Bonus Program purely marketing?

You wouldn't know it listening to the DEI rhetoric, but one of the most effective tactics to increase diversity and equity is to replace subjective/gut-based processes with more rules-based, objective processes. This is far more common in big companies.

Swanky Michelin-starred restaurant owner questions blue state's affordable housing project Celebrity chef Thomas Keller raises concerns about Yountville, California's 150-unit affordable housing project, calling for a pause on the $11 million development.

"Chef Keller... said he does support workforce housing — but added that "housing only works if it actually works for the people who live and work here." - Has Keller ever supported a specific housing project? "I support housing" is just a prelude to objections. www.foxnews.com/food-drink/s...

In our 1973 Countywide plan, we were planning that our population of 240,000 would be 800,000 by 2023. Instead, we have 254,000 residents.

700 Irwin St. - San Rafael This SB 330 project proposes a mixed-use high rise multi-family residential building at 700 Irwin Street was submitted on April 10, 2025. The Property fronts Second Street to the north, San Rafael Can...

Big win. The San Rafael City Council affirmed (3-2) the approval of 700 Irwin - a 17 story mixed-use proposal in San Rafael. The developer has partnered with the Canal Alliance to manage the affordable units. Kudos to Councilmembers Kertz, Hill and Bushey. www.cityofsanrafael.org/700-irwin-st/

Marin is nowhere near building their fair share of housing.

There are also many people in Marin who want to build. Unfortuately, the trolls and NIMBYs have way too much power to stop projects.

Marin Voice: Dominican Valley is an open-space treasure in San Rafael Save Dominican Valley is a San Rafael neighborhood coalition of more than 450 members dedicated to permanently protecting the 21-acre Dominican Valley/Gold Hill Grade property — a rare, pristine op…

Marin County already has 85% of its land restricted from development, either as Open Space or agriculture. Yet, residents continue to demand the conversion of land proposed for housing to be converted to more open space. www.marinij.com/2026/02/11/m...

Much more extreme. I graduated mid-90s. It was very much work hard/play hard. Now it's just work hard and be disciplined.

Marin spends more each year on maintaining its open space than it has in its affordable housing fund. Marin does not have an open space crisis, yet continues to acquire open space. No one ever asks about maintenance costs. Yet fully funded affordable housing is opposed due to strain on resrouces.

Our housing shortage is a policy choice. In Marin, we are a decade into working to convert a closed Coast Guard facility into housing. So many agencies involved and everyone has the opportunity to stop it. Our Civic Center has 30 acres of surface parking lots. We could build 1000s of homes.

It's such a striking contrast to my parents generation, in which the wildly successful over-indulged in great food and wine.

My male Bschol friends have become increasingly lean and fit - much more than when we were classmates. I have a theory that the extreme self-denial they exhibit is a signal to those around them that they are willing to whatever it takes. (This emerged pre-Ozympic - now there's more bulking up?)

Say NO to Mandatory E-Bike License Plates and Registrations - Bike East Bay Tell the state legislature that increased regulation on legal e-bikes is counter-productive to traffic safety, sustainability, and equity goals.

Help stop the misguided attempt to license bikes in CA, it will only lead to making it more difficult for people to adopt bikes. We don’t need new laws, we need the existing classifications of e-bikes to be properly enforced.

bikeeastbay.org/say-no-to-ma...!

I'm all for school buses, but I'm pretty sure reinstituting school bus service is not going to be less expensive than a bike lane.

Amazing! I'm pretty sure I know how the research on Marin residents turned out. Glad the technology was useful.

I'm in guessing those future casters didn't include a lot of moms.

Fairfax residents purchase housing element site to "protect" it from housing development. Now they want the town to take over the care of the site. The town's not so sure it wants to do that. www.marinij.com/2026/01/15/f...

See Sausalito.

101 Sausalito on-ramp

Sausalito houseboats

Not King Tides?

Tesla driver showing bad judgement (unsurprisingly) on Highway 101 onramp

Bike rider in flooded water

More photos.Surprisingly, the onramp to 101 was open. Lots of drivers making bad decisions. Lots of flooded buildings. Lots of individuals pumpting their water next door - doesn't seem so neighborly.

Flooded Marina parking lot

Gate 6 road

Heath Ceramics

Driver showing bad judgement

The car alarms ringing alerted me to the King Tides today. It's the highest I've ever seen them. This is salt water - not so good for cars. We are trapped in our homes when this happens - there's no way to drive or bike out.

True, but I don't think anyone would trade being a US billionaire for being a party boss in Russia

I've been truly surprised at how dumb the billionaires are. Why do they believe that turning the US into the USSR will end well for them?

Every single report to shareholders from a large REIT includes something about how it's great that market-rate multifamily housing isn't getting built in high-cost coastal cities because the shortage is what allows them to rent gouge.

$7,000,000 and next door to a gas station.

The suburbs are sexist. Part of the US promotion of surbanization was explicitly to pull women out of the workforce after WWII. It was effective, as a mother's commute is the biggest factor on her decision to work. Suburbs are very anti-woman, as kids lose indenpence and moms become chauffers.

I'd love to do this for Marin- how'd you get property tax by year built?

Line of cars waiting to enter Trader Joe's parking lot.

I haven't been there in years, but the Trader Joe's on Masonic in SF used to routinely back up traffic for cars waiting for a spot to open up.

It would make it Marin. So many people earnestly argue against rent control, because it will suppress development. Development couldn't possibly be more suppressed than it is already.