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Susan Cleveland-Knowles has an established career in public service, including inMarin County and San Francisco. Susan served on the Sausalito City Council from2017 to 2022, including as Mayor in 2020. And, she was on the Sausalito PlanningCommission for four years prior to that. She has a strong interest in housing andserved on the past three…
Joe retired in March 2021 after serving as the CEO for Vivalon, formerly known as Whistlestop, a position he held for 13 years. Vivalon’s mission is to ensure that every adult has the opportunity to age with independence, dignity and grace. Joe’s vision for an innovative model of community integrated care for the elderly was…
Jenna is head of strategy & policy at Villa, whose mission is to be the easiest, fastest, and most cost-efficient way to build homes in America. Jenna leads Villa’s nonprofit and public sector partnerships, policy and legislative engagement, and supports strategic initiatives across the business. Prior to joining Villa, Jenna served as chief innovation &…
Approved, not built Marin has over 2,000 approved affordable housing homes waiting to be built, but many remain stalled because there isn’t enough funding. Every year, affordable housing developments compete for limited state dollars, and many worthy projects are turned away. Here in Marin, the 1 Hamilton project in Mill Valley with 45 units and…
Sandra moved to Marin in 1991 and raised her children in San Rafael. Moving to SanAnselmo in 2011, she served on the town’s Housing Element Advisory Committee andnow serves on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. She also serves onthe Housing, Land Use and Transportation Committee of the League of Women Voters.Sandra founded Cycle Advisors…
Almost all of the housing in Marin that has been permitted in the past three years has been ADUs. There’s also a growing misconception that local control has largely disappeared and that getting a housing project approved is no longer a barrier. It’s true that more projects are getting approved than in the past—but most…
Written by Jessie Rountree, Marin Resilience Manager, Greenbelt Allianceand Carmela Davis, Housing Specialist, Call Marin Home Fire-resilient housing can be part of the solution Critics of more housing in Marin often claim “more housing will create more wildfire risk to me and my community.” As longtime residents of Marin County, we share concern about fire…
Written by Lucie Hollingsworth, Director of Policy, Legal Aid of Marin Nearly a year after a dozen households — more than 40 residents, including 17 children — were unceremoniously displaced from the condemned Romar Court Apartments, the Novato City Council took rare proactive action. On April 28, 2026, the Council adopted a strengthened just cause tenant…
Three Years In, Less Than 10% Complete: Marin Falls Further Behind Every 8 years, each California county, city and town must update its Housing Element to assure that it enables development of sufficient new housing to satisfy requirements assigned to it by a regional agency. These requirements are known as Regional Housing Needs Allocations or…
Written by Lucie Hollingsworth, Senior Housing Attorney and Policy Director, Legal Aid of Marin Welcome to a new year of housing legislation! For the third year in a row, we’re back to report on how our state legislators did to make California a more equitable and just state for all. Many will agree, despite an…
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