Bay Area
Safety, Housing Plans Reach Next Stage in Update
Marin County Community Development Agency has completed a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Housing Element and Safety Elements updates to the 2007 Countywide Plan. The public comment period is open now through 4 p.m. on Nov. 21. Comments may be submitted by email.
Updated drafts and Environmental Impact Report available for review
Courtesy of Marin County
The work to update Marin County’s housing and safety elements of the Countywide Plan is continuing to advance. These elements focus on housing needs and conditions, and climate change adaptation measures including wildfire, sea level rise and flooding concerns. Two updated draft components are now available for public review and comment.
Environmental Impact Report
Marin County Community Development Agency has completed a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Housing Element and Safety Elements updates to the 2007 Countywide Plan. The public comment period is open now through 4 p.m. on Nov. 21. Comments may be submitted by email.
In addition, the public can provide oral comments at a DEIR hearing that will be conducted virtually by the Marin County Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Nov. 15 starting at 5 p.m. or thereafter.
Proposed Safety Element and Development Code Changes
The Draft Safety Element has been revised to incorporate direction from the Board and Planning Commission, edits from the State Department of Forestry, and public comments gathered in June 2022. The Safety Element is a section of the Marin Countywide Plan
The Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission will hold a joint virtual workshop on Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. to review and comment on those changes. In addition, the workshop will review and comment on a draft amendment to the Marin County Development Code to address sea level rise. The proposed Development Code amendments would modify the Bayfront Conservation Combining District standards to address sea level rise, as directed in the draft Safety Element.
The Countywide Plan serves as the guiding vision for the future of unincorporated Marin. Housing and safety updates to the Countywide Plan are mandated by the State of California every eight years and address how to meet the County’s housing needs at all income levels while addressing climate change resilience.
This is the first time County CDA has elevated the Safety Element into a separate document to discuss in public; previously the content was worked into other sections of the Countywide Plan.
Some sectors of Marin’s population are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. For instance, natural disasters could be much worse for those in isolated households that have less reliable communication service, those with language barriers, those with physical mobility limitations, those without financial means to add safety enhancements around the home, and those who are unhoused. Preparing the Housing and Safety Elements together is a deliberate strategy to address equity and make sure the County can meet its housing goals in a way that prevents vulnerable residents from being placed in harm’s way.
Neighborhood resiliency and safety have been prioritized as the ominous realities of climate change have grown more apparent and intense in recent years. The Safety Element touches on how Marin can grow and evolve in a way that promotes resilience and adaptation in the face of the coming changes to its climate. It is mostly about plans to prepare and protect residents from harmful impacts of natural disasters.
Learn more at www.marincounty.org/HousingSafetyElements.
Activism
Oakland Post: Week of April 24 – 30, 2024
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of April 24 – 30, 2024
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Alameda County
DA Pamela Price Stands by Mom Who Lost Son to Gun Violence in Oakland
Last week, The Post published a photo showing Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones, whose son, Patrick DeMarco Scott, was gunned down by an unknown assailant in 2018.
Publisher’s note: Last week, The Post published a photo showing Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones, whose son, Patrick DeMarco Scott, was gunned down by an unknown assailant in 2018. The photo was too small for readers to see where the women were and what they were doing. Here we show Price and Jones as they complete a walk in memory of Scott. For more information and to contribute, please contact Carol Jones at 510-978-5517 at morefoundation.help@gmail.com. Courtesy photo.
Bay Area
State Controller Malia Cohen Keynote Speaker at S.F. Wealth Conference
California State Controller Malia Cohen delivered the keynote speech to over 50 business women at the Black Wealth Brunch held on March 28 at the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center at 301 Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco. The Enterprising Women Networking SF Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) hosted the Green Room event to launch its platform designed to close the racial wealth gap in Black and Brown communities.
By Carla Thomas
California State Controller Malia Cohen delivered the keynote speech to over 50 business women at the Black Wealth Brunch held on March 28 at the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center at 301 Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco.
The Enterprising Women Networking SF Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) hosted the Green Room event to launch its platform designed to close the racial wealth gap in Black and Brown communities.
“Our goal is to educate Black and Brown families in the masses about financial wellness, wealth building, and how to protect and preserve wealth,” said ABWA San Francisco Chapter President LaRonda Smith.
ABWA’s mission is to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition.
“This day is about recognizing influential women, hearing from an accomplished woman as our keynote speaker and allowing women to come together as powerful people,” said ABWA SF Chapter Vice President Velma Landers.
More than 60 attendees dined on the culinary delights of Chef Sharon Lee of The Spot catering, which included a full soul food brunch of skewered shrimp, chicken, blackened salmon, and mac and cheese.
Cohen discussed the many economic disparities women and people of color face. From pay equity to financial literacy, Cohen shared not only statistics, but was excited about a new solution in motion which entailed partnering with Californians for Financial Education.
“I want everyone to reach their full potential,” she said. “Just a few weeks ago in Sacramento, I partnered with an organization, Californians for Financial Education.
“We gathered 990 signatures and submitted it to the [California] Secretary of State to get an initiative on the ballot that guarantees personal finance courses for every public school kid in the state of California.
“Every California student deserves an equal opportunity to learn about filing taxes, interest rates, budgets, and understanding the impact of credit scores. The way we begin to do that is to teach it,” Cohen said.
By equipping students with information, Cohen hopes to close the financial wealth gap, and give everyone an opportunity to reach their full financial potential. “They have to first be equipped with the information and education is the key. Then all we need are opportunities to step into spaces and places of power.”
Cohen went on to share that in her own upbringing, she was not guided on financial principles that could jump start her finances. “Communities of color don’t have the same information and I don’t know about you, but I did not grow up listening to my parents discussing their assets, their investments, and diversifying their portfolio. This is the kind of nomenclature and language we are trying to introduce to our future generations so we can pivot from a life of poverty so we can pivot away and never return to poverty.”
Cohen urged audience members to pass the initiative on the November 2024 ballot.
“When we come together as women, uplift women, and support women, we all win. By networking and learning together, we can continue to build generational wealth,” said Landers. “Passing a powerful initiative will ensure the next generation of California students will be empowered to make more informed financial decisions, decisions that will last them a lifetime.”
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