DEMAND ABAG FOLLOW PLAN BAY AREA 2050

FIRST YOU TELL US NOT TO BUILD IN HIGH RISK AREAS OF FIRE, FLOOD, AND SEA RISE, 

BUT THEN YOU GIVE US NO CHOICE WITH THE NUMBERS SO HIGH, AND AVAILABLE LAND SO SCARCE

CITIZENS OF MARIN, JOIN US IN PROTEST, DEMAND ABAG RECONSIDER LEGITIMATE SAFETY APPEALS BEFORE A CATASTROPHE HAPPENS.

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LINK TO Change.org PETITION:

See CITIES page for appeals

Together we can pressure ABAG, HCD, and the State of California to lower our RHNA numbers so we don't need to densify evacuation corridors already stretched to their limits. Marin has places that can handle development without endangering its populations. That's how much housing we can handle before it's too dangerous.  

It's already tense enough!

We need as many groups as possible to join in. We invite our local City Councils and our Board of Supervisors to stand with us

The RHNA mandates are too high to build only in “safe” areas. Marin has too many hazards. ABAG, follow your own guidelines for a prosperous future and adjust our numbers so we:  

• Don’t need to block evacuation routes with density in “high risk areas of fire, flood, and sea rise”* just to make the numbers. 

• Don’t have to live in fear 

Don't have to worry about family and friends put at risk

or worry about friends and relatives put at risk   

ABAG: Acknowledge the cumulative impact of development in adjoining cities and unincorporated areas that share limited evacuation routes.   Stop using the 2007 CAL FIRE maps and use the maps of the MWPA (Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority!  https://gisopendata.marincounty.org/datasets/0683285b35354c18a93de194a8e3b70d  

EXAMPLES OF MULTIPLE POPULATIONS SHARING EVACUATION CORRIDORS:  Mill Valley:  Unincorporated Mill Valley (pop 11,000, plus 400 new units) uses two points of egress that back up into the city of Mill Valley (population 14,000 plus 865 new units) to access the two evacuation routes to the freeway. Both are choke points; the 101 exit through the junction has a narrow bridge and freeway access “subject to increasing tidal flooding.” Access through East Blithedale is naturally constricted. This count does not include tourist traffic and coastal populations that may also need that access.   

Santa Venetia: San Pedro Road (pop 13,000? plus 800? new units), the only access to the freeway from all the way to china camp, is expected to add an additional Xxx sharing a single road for egress. This stream of traffic will potentially have to use the same 101 freeway access as Los  Ranchitos, population XXX pop + new units.  Etc.

Together we can pressure ABAG, HCD, and the State of California to lower our RHNA numbers so we don't need to densify evacuation corridors already stretched to their limits.

Marin has places that can handle development without endangering its populations. That's how much housing we can handle before it's too dangerous.

We need as many groups as possible to join in. 

We invite our local governments -- City Councils and our Board of Supervisors to stand with us

SIGN UP HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN ACTION WILL TAKE PLACE.

Only Novato and San Rafael opted out of appeals.  ————-  DEMAND THAT ABAG FOLLOW PLAN BAY AREA 2050 AND ADJUST OUR RHNA TO KEEP US SAFE.   ABAG, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO IMPROVE OUR CHANCES OF SURVIVING CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE  Demonstration at the CIVIC CENTER / POND, (other)  ON DATE TIME   COUNCIL MEMBERS, SUPERVISORS, PLEASE JOIN US!  WE DEMAND A TRUE CONSIDERATION OF SAFETY APPEALS DENIED   

PLAN BAY AREA 2050 unequivocally:  • Tells us NOT to build in high-risk areas of fire, flood, and sea rise  ABAG, as they stand, the RHNA mandates are too high to build only in “safe” areas. Marin has too many hazards. Follow your own guidelines for a prosperous future and adjust our numbers so we:  • Don’t need to block evacuation routes with density in “high risk areas of fire, flood, and sea rise”* just to make the numbers. • Don’t have to live in fear or worry about friends and relatives put at risk   Acknowledge the cumulative impact of development in adjoining cities and unincorporated areas that share limited evacuation routes.   Stop using the 2007 CAL FIRE maps and use the maps of the MWPA (Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority!  https://gisopendata.marincounty.org/datasets/0683285b35354c18a93de194a8e3b70d  EXAMPLES OF MULTIPLE POPULATIONS SHARING EVACUATION CORRIDORS:  Mill Valley:  Unincorporated Mill Valley (pop 11,000, plus 400 new units) uses two points of egress that back up into the city of Mill Valley (population 14,000 plus 865 new units) to access the two evacuation routes to the freeway. Both are choke points; the 101 exit through the junction has a narrow bridge and freeway access “subject to increasing tidal flooding.” Access through East Blithedale is naturally constricted. This count does not include tourist traffic and coastal populations that may also need that access.   Santa Venetia: San Pedro Road (pop 13,000? plus 800? new units), the only access to the freeway from all the way to china camp, is expected to add an additional Xxx sharing a single road for egress. This stream of traffic will potentially have to use the same 101 freeway access as Los  Ranchitos, population XXX pop + new units.  Etc.   * From “Plan Bay Area 2050” —————  My notes for other actions below:  PBA 2050 ALSO: • Tells us to site development in job-rich areas • Tells us development belongs in transit rich areas, which we don’t have. Marin is not job-rich. Income is high in Marin, but that money is not MADE here. It involves commuting.   By PBA 2050 standards, transit-rich areas barely exist in Marin. Public transport, walking, and biking are not realistic alternatives to driving in Marin terrain, especially for our aging population. Adding population will increase the constant stop and go traffic jams that create the worst kind of emissions   Invite Council Members and Supervisors to join:  Note: Damon Connolly marched with these protesters   ‘Like buying a car without looking under the hood’: Latest Sonoma Developmental Center plans draw dozens of protesters  “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said one of the demonstrators, Damon Connolly, a Marin County supervisor who is running for state Assembly in California’s 12th District. “This one issue is front and center for local residents.”  Unhappy residents of Glen Ellen and surrounding Sonoma Valley communities say the redevelopment plan allows for as many as 1,000 housing units, which could overwhelm local roads during wildfires and forever change the nature of their community.  —-  EXAMPLES OF MULTIPLE POPULATIONS SHARING EVACUATION CORRIDORS:  Mill Valley:  Unincorporated Mill Valley (pop 11,000, plus 400 new units) using two roads that back up into the city of Mill Valley (population 14,000 plus 865 new units). Both exits have choke points, one exit subject to increasing tidal flooding. Not including tourist traffic and populations toward the coast that may also need that access.   Santa Venetia: San Pedro Road (pop 13,000, plus 800 new units), the only access, will have an additional Xxx sharing a single road for egress, blending into Los Ranchitos, XXX pop + new units, also sharing the freeway entrances   

 * From “Plan Bay Area 2050” —————  My notes for other actions below:  PBA 2050 ALSO:     • Tells us to site development in job-rich areas But Marin is not job-rich. Income is high in Marin, but that money is not MADE here. It involves commuting. There are work force jobs like teaching and firefighting, but the rest are basically service and labor.    • Tells us development belongs in transit rich areas, which we don’t have. By PBA 2050 standards we are NOT transportation rich. Also, the Plan encourages alternative means of transportation to cars, like biking or walking. The terrain of most of Marin makes this impossible, especially for our aging population. With automobiles essential here, density will add to stop and go traffic, creating the worst kind of emissions.

 Invite Council Members and Supervisors to join:  Note: Damon Connolly marched with these protesters   ‘Like buying a car without looking under the hood’: Latest Sonoma Developmental Center plans draw dozens of protesters  “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said one of the demonstrators, Damon Connolly, a Marin County supervisor who is running for state Assembly in California’s 12th District. “This one issue is front and center for local residents.”  Unhappy residents of Glen Ellen and surrounding Sonoma Valley communities say the redevelopment plan allows for as many as 1,000 housing units, which could overwhelm local roads during wildfires and forever change the nature of their community.  —-  EXAMPLES OF MULTIPLE POPULATIONS SHARING EVACUATION CORRIDORS:  Mill Valley:  Unincorporated Mill Valley (pop 11,000, plus 400 new units) using two roads that back up into the city of Mill Valley (population 14,000 plus 865 new units). Both exits have choke points, one exit subject to increasing tidal flooding. Not including tourist traffic and populations toward the coast that may also need that access.   Santa Venetia: San Pedro Road (pop 13,000, plus 800 new units), the only access, will have an additional Xxx sharing a single road for egress, blending into Los Ranchitos, XXX pop + new units, also sharing the freeway entrances