Amended Housing Element certification letter for Sausalito
On May 22, 2025 HCD sent a letter to Sausalito certifying their amended Housing Element. You can read the letter below:
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Policy: Single Stair Buildings
Currently, the US and Canada are alone in the world in requiring that apartment buildings over 3 stories have two stairway exits. This makes small apartment buildings (4-6 stories or with small floor plates) very inefficient and expensive to build, as two exits requires a hallway through the building. This is a key reason why apartment buildings are…
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Marin County Home Preservation resource
Habitat for Humanity, Greater San Francisco has opened up a Home Preservation program for Marin residents. This program offers low cost home repairs for things like new roofs, plumbing, window replacements, etc. Apply here for the program.
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Marin Housing Elements Annual Progress Report Update
We are woefully behind on progress toward our housing goals Marin’s sixth 8-year Housing Element Cycle officially kicked off January 31, 2024. Every April, the county and each local city and town must publish an Annual Progress Report (APR) documenting progress toward achieving assigned housing goals (“RHNA,” or Regional Housing Needs Allocation). Marin, as a whole,…
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Housing needs to be more accessible
Housing needs to be more accessible. Our communities deserve it. – Carmela Davis, Housing Specialist, MEHC The housing crisis is dire for everyone, but especially so for people with a disability Disability is the largest and most intersectional minority in the world. Did you know that an estimated 10% of Marin residents have a disability?…
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Call Marin Home Housing Specialist: Carmela Davis
Carmela grew up in Marin County, and moved to Oregon in 2018. She graduated from Willamette University with a degree in Politics, Policy, Law, and Ethics (PPLE) and a minor in Sociology. Carmela joined Call Marin Home (formerly MEHC) as a part-time Housing Specialist in the spring of 2023. She is now full-time for Call…
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MEHC Staff: Jenny Silva
Jenny is thrilled to be serving as the Executive Director for Call Marin Home. Jenny was a volunteer with the Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative (MEHC) since 2021, was the Board Chair 2022 to 2024, and has been involved in housing advocacy since 2018. She oversaw the transition of MEHC from an independent, volunteer-based organization to…
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MEHC Board Member: Amy Skewes-Cox
Amy Skewes-Cox is an environmental planner with over 40 years of experience preparing documents in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). She has had her own company since 1999 and has prepared Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) for schools, housing developments, new towns, and industrial facilities throughout Northern California. She has served on local…
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Call Marin Home Board Member: Steven Saxe
Now retired, Steven Saxe was a partner in the law firm now known as Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and finished his career as a partner in the law firm of Boyden, Cooluris & Saxe, specializing in the law of banking and related financial matters, and, in particular, the laws applicable to the consumer financial products…
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MEHC Board Member: Gail Napell
Gail is a Citizen at Large focused on inclusive climate adaptation. She has 45 years of experience as a licensed architect on projects across the globe at scales from woodshed to master plan, primarily focused on sustainability, climate adaptation and inclusive design. She moved to Marin County in 1999, ran her own architecture firm here…
