The cities and towns of Fairfax, San Rafael, Ross, and Larkspur in Marin County will be submitting their responses to a civil grand jury report released in June entitled, 'Affordable Housing: Time for Collaboration in Marin.'
MARIN COUNTY – The cities and towns of Fairfax, San Rafael, Ross, and Larkspur in Marin County will be submitting their responses to a civil grand jury report released in June entitled,"Affordable Housing: Time for Collaboration in Marin."
Not only has Marin's affordable housing situation not improved, according to the civil grand jury, but a law that went into effect in 2018 -- Senate Bill 35 -- states that if a local government does not meet increased affordable housing thresholds mandated by the state, then a city, town or county loses local control over the process and the state can greenlight new developments without their approval.
Marin County doesn't just have a housing issue, it has a workforce issue as well, the jury said. Many low to median income workers in the county cannot afford to live there, which has also impacted hiring. Only about 45 percent of Marin County government employees live in the county, the jury said, and less than 25 percent of new county government hires do.
Municipalities in Marin were asked to respond to the report, and several cities and towns will be submitting their response within the month. Though most communities agree overall with the report's findings, they balked at the single recommendation made by the jury that a regional authority be created to oversee affordable housing by Dec. 31.
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