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By 07/21/2021
Marin County’s updated Local Coastal Program will go into effect within a month, following a vote by the Board of Supervisors last Tuesday to approve the final document. Yet the update, which will guide development in the coastal zone in compliance with the California Coastal Act, excludes the chapter on environmental hazards policy, upsetting some groups that are eager to see new guidelines on threats like sea-level rise and wildfire. The hazards chapter was last updated in 1982; now, the county has until next spring to finalize it.
At a hearing last Tuesday, supervisors accepted the staff recommendation presented by Jack Liebster, a planning manager with the Community Development Agency who has led the update process over the past 13 years. In accepting the staff recommendation, the board rejected an amendment proposed by Supervisor Dennis Rodoni that would have delayed the implementation process until the hazards chapter is finish
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By 06/30/2021
The Community Land Trust of West Marin is gearing up for a period of growth ahead of its development of the former Coast Guard property for affordable housing. The land trust hired a new interim executive director and will host four community gatherings on the 32-acre property, beginning last Sunday. Mary Vradelis, who has experience leading nonprofits in transition, will guide CLAM in its organizational design and take the load off of an overworked staff, board chair Maureen Cornelia said. After six to 12 months, depending on the pace of work, she will depart, and the trust will hire a long-term director. Acting executive director Stacey Laumann is returning to her role as deputy director. “We want to be sure when we go into a search process of what it is we really need at the leadership level, and also throughout the staff,” Ms. Cornelia said. The county selected CLAM and Eden Housing to develop and manage the Coast Guard property l
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