I grew up in Mill Valley and have lived in Marin for…

John Clark· San Rafael

15 hours ago

I grew up in Mill Valley and have lived in Marin for almost 60 years. Our two biggest challenges are traffic and homelessness. Homelessness of course being in San Rafael and Novato. Now I understand there are several new projects in San Rafael such as a 17 story high-rise. Traffic became considerably worse after smart train came in and is going to continue down that path. That was a big mistake.

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San Rafael Resident· 39 minutes ago
Everyone agrees with this sentiment. But note that the high rise buildings are a state mandated decision. The builders can ignore most local rules from traffic studies, building set backs, story limits, design elements, etc. Google SB 79 and SB 423 both introduced by Scott Wiener. After reading the bills you'll understand that the San Rafael government has very little say over these buildings, unfornutately.

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