Marin Voice: Housing coalition puts focus on county’s affordability crisis
By JENNIFER SILVA
December 25, 2025
There is a growing awareness that the housing crisis impacts us all. Our workforce cannot afford to live here. Employers struggle to hire staff. Schools face challenges retaining young teachers. Our children overwhelmingly leave Marin when they finish their schooling. Older residents seeking to downsize have few options. Traffic worsens as more of our workforce commutes from outside of Marin.The numbers tell the story plainly: There is no reasonable housing available in Marin for households earning less than $65,000 per year.
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California is at higher risk for major earthquakes than previously known.
By Clare FonsteinUpdated
Jan 23, 2024 9:30 a.m
An updated U.S. earthquake model showed slightly greater shaking possible in California than previously mapped.
The National Seismic Hazard Model, developed by the United States Geological Survey, says that most of California has at least a 75% chance of damaging earthquake shaking in the next 100 years — with at least a 95% chance for the Bay Area.