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THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS

Turning small neighborhoods into dense, residential infill is the stated goal, no matter what the size of the community.

NO MORE LOCAL CONTROL OVER PLANNING

Neighborhoods being bought up from individuals by investors paying way over asking prices. This speculation is driving up housing costs.

The state knows best -- for everybody

To enable this type of rapid densification means elimination of local land use controls and zoning laws. The former director of the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development, Ben Metcalf, suggested that cities view the housing crisis as a civil rights issue. He applauds efforts to “build out the power of the state” to overrule local land-use authority. Even when housing is needed, this attitude is poisonous to local government. Smal, wooded towns still have value. Our neighborhoods have value. Cities are the place for density.

"State control versus local control of land use decisions is a complicated matter in California, related to the lasting protections of Proposition 13, the California Environmental Quality Act, affordable housing, community diversity and equity issues, and local municipal fiscal viability. And overall there is the push and pull of progressive political agendas and sensibilities of suburbanites who have relied upon their local municipal general plans in shaping how their communities will develop."

---STONECREEK PARTNERS – SCP ADVISORS

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SB 79: ZONING BY CIRCLE — TIER 3 BELOW NO LONGER INCLUDED

DOWNTOWN SAUSALITO

LARKSPUR LANDING FERRY

DOWNTOWN SAUSALITO

All of downtown Sausalito, regardless of infrastructure limitations, traffic congestion, the historic district, and the area ’s recently upgraded fire hazard status — without expandable egress.

DOWNTOWN TIBURON

LARKSPUR LANDING FERRY

DOWNTOWN SAUSALITO

All of downtown Tiburon and into Belvedere, already incredibly congested, with hundreds of dead end streets that complicate evacuation onto a single road out to the freeway.

LARKSPUR LANDING FERRY

LARKSPUR LANDING SMART TRAIN

Affects actual existing low income houseboats and trailer park, surrounding hills across from the ferry — an area already gridlocked to the Richmond San Rafael bridge much of the day.

LARKSPUR LANDING SMART TRAIN

The SMART stop doubles the area’s density potential, extending across the freeway into Greenbrae neighborhoods and commercial areas.

CIVIC CENTER SMART TRAIN

LARKSPUR LANDING SMART TRAIN

SAN RAFAEL TRANSIT CENTER

Two large projects are already planned in the area. This would allow unlimited density through the areas of Terra Linda, Santa Venetia, and Los Ranchitos, regardless of emergency egress

SAN RAFAEL TRANSIT CENTER

LARKSPUR LANDING SMART TRAIN

SAN RAFAEL TRANSIT CENTER

Many huge projects are planned for this area, including a 15 story building — although San Rafael has no ladder truck that reaches above 6 floors

SB 79: CALIFORNIA‘s not ONE SIZE FITS ALl —Bad for marin

What happened to our housing elements?

In Marin, unless amendments crystallize,SB 79’s half mile radius bullseyes would land on every ferry terminal and SMART station — and would include Golden Gate Transit express lane stops and any future SMART extensions. This overrules our planning. It just drops a big circle over the ferries and SMART stops and allows unlimited development within. This is planning by circle, and it doesn’t work here. Our infrastructure will be overwhelmed and quality of life for everyone will drop. Imagine five to seven stories, density from 80-120 units per acre — it doesn’t not fit. .

Dangerous for Marin

Even if amendments claim to include “some protections” for Fire Hazard Zones, we’ve heard this before. They may sound exempt, but if buildings meet required code, they qualify. The densification of hazard areas greatly impacts evacuation potential, but it gets no mention. Sausalito is greatly constricted already, Tiburon has one road out for thousands. Many streets are dead ends, so you can’t

August 23, 2025 FIRST COALITION PROTEST: NO ON SB 79

Finally making some noise together!!

Thanks to organizations including WAKE UP CA, United Neighbors, Catalysts for Local Control, Neighbors for a Better California,

Our Neighborhood Voices, Livable California, and others

Thanks to participants in Marin, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley and more communities

in the first coalition protest against Sacramento’s failed housing policy— We’re not just going to take it any more!