By Chritopher Legras
August 29, 2025
Serious question, occasioned by ample evidence and experience: Do some members of California’s political class actually want people to die horrific deaths in wildfires and other natural disasters? Because they’re sure acting like it.
Staff Report
August 20, 2025
The Los Angeles City Council voted 8–5 on Monday to oppose Senate Bill 79, a contentious housing density proposal from state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco that would limit cities’ authority over local development, according to a press release from CD 11 Councilwoman Traci Park’s office.
By AMY KALISH
PUBLISHED: August 20, 2025
For years, Marin’s cities and unincorporated areas have juggled ambitious state housing mandates with realities of wildfire risk, evacuation constraints, sensitive and beautiful ecology, fragile infrastructure and beloved historic districts. We’ve done the hard work — parcel by parcel, plan by plan — crafting state-certified “housing elements” to add multi-family housing while protecting public safety while preserving what we can.
By JONATHAN LANSNER |
August 15, 2025
Shrinking affordability isn’t just a California problem.
That’s what you see from my trusty spreadsheet’s comparison of the California Association of Realtors’ affordability report for the second quarter of 2025 vs. the numbers from the same period in 2022.
Yes, the required income to buy California’s $905,680 median home was $232,400 this spring — up $33,200 or 17% in three years. That translates to just 15% of households statewide being able to afford to buy vs. 16% in 2022
by Brian Shearer
August 14, 2025
Since Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s book Abundance was published, the policy world has debated the causes of our current housing supply drought. Abundance argued that zoning laws are the culprit, as part of its broader thesis calling for liberals to embrace a policy vision oriented around building more of what we need (i.e., “abundance”) primarily through targeted deregulation of private industry and de-proceduralization of government.
By Mike Lewis / The Coast News Group /August 13, 2025
If you’ve spoken up at a city council meeting lately, you may have noticed something strange. If you raise questions about fire safety, infrastructure or water supply, you’re not met with dialogue, you’re met with a label: “NIMBY.” Not a neighbor. Not a taxpayer. Not a citizen. Just a “NIMBY.” This label is more than lazy rhetoric. It’s a calculated attempt to discredit residents who dare to question the wisdom of Sacramento’s high-density housing mandates.