TO SAVE COMMUNITY PLANS, WE NEED TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD AGAIN — FAST!  PLEASE SIGN ASAP, CUTOFF OCTOBER 28th! 

ASK OUR SUPERVISORS TO SIMPLY FOLLOW THE COURT ORDER, and ignore extraneous language, as their Planning Commission did

THE PETITION REQUEST: 

To our Supervisors: President Dennis Rodoni, Katie Rice, Mary Sackett, Eric Lucan, and Stephanie Moulton-Peters,

We, the undersigned, strongly support the Planning Commission’s reasoning and decision that simply restores the relevance of community plans, as per court order, without staff’s unnecessary language that further complicates interpretation of our Countywide Plan. We ask you to end this contentious chapter by following the recommendation of your expert Planning Commission, and simply remove the precedence clauses. 

Amy Kalish,
Director, Citizen Marin
Chair, Tam Design Review Board (signing as an individual)

How our Supervisors vote on October 29th will determine the future of community plans.

We rallied with Sharon Rushton to preserve community plans almost two years ago, and it’s time to speak up again! In spite of our efforts — and 1580 signatures —   language from staff that “eviscerated” community plans was approved in our Housing Element, even though staff knew at the time it was unlawful.  

This action gave rise to a lawsuit which the County predictably lost, and the Court has ordered “precedence clauses” to be removed from our County documents NOW!

On 9/23/24 the Planning Commission took the first step, followed the Court order directly, and voted 5-2 to remove the precedence clauses. 

Though staff presented contentious, extra language that would actually further weaken community plans, the Planning Commission correctly  focused only on the Court ordered restoration of community plan relevance in the Housing Element. We are asking the Board of Supervisors to do the same.

The Board meets 10/15 in closed chambers with counsel to discuss the issue. That is not a public meeting. The item is on the public meeting agenda 10/29.  More details will follow.

ASK OUR SUPERVISORS TO SIMPLY FOLLOW THE COURT ORDER, and ignore extraneous language, as their Planning Commission did.

WRITE A LETTER TO: BOS@marincounty.org

EASY INSTRUCTIONS HERE : https://citizenmarin.org/home/f/write-a-letter-to-our-supervisors-about-saving-community-plans  

As reported in the IJ: https://www.marinij.com/2024/09/27/insulting-marin-commissioners-rebuke-planners-over-housing-control/

To keep this petition page short, here are two links for the whole story of how we ended up here:
https://citizenmarin.org/home/f/urgent-marin-issue

https://citizenmarin.org/home/f/county-still-not-taking-court-order-%E2%80%94-or-the-public-%E2%80%94-seriously

Here’s the petition we signed in January 2023: https://www.change.org/p/reverse-the-needless-destruction-of-community-plans-in-marin-county

SHOW UP IN PERSON: October 29, BOS Chambers: Room 330 at the Marin County Civic Center. — time of meeting TBA

OUR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE:

SUPERVISORS:
Vote to follow the Court Order and the Planning Commission Recommendation

FIX THE ERROR made in the original housing element document that subjugated community plans unlawfully and gave rise to a lawsuit.

ELIMINATE unlawful precedence clauses, as the Court ordered, and restore relevance to community plans! 

FOCUS ON THE COURT ORDER! Though other language was presented to the Commissioners, they found it extraneous, vague and unnecessary. 

PUT THIS CHAPTER TO REST! Don’t add unnecessary language to our Housing Element and Countywide Plan that will further complicate our County documents!