Radio Interview with Bob Silvestri: HERE
"The Best Laid Plans" book HERE
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Will we let Marin become Urbanized?
“Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.”
― Aristotle |
| Supervisor Susan Adams defends establishing the Marinwood Priority Development Area and placing 70% of all affordable housing for unincorporated Marin in Marinwood Lucas Valley, before skeptical residents at the June 26, 2013 Town Hall |
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
VIDEO: Time Out to Appreciate the Beauty of Nature Around Us
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Pacific Legal Foundation files lawsuit against Plan Bay Area
For more information on the lawsuit and how to donate go HERE
Why aren't you talking about the real Billionaire behind Affordable Housing in the Bay Area?
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| Penny Pritzer, Secretary of Commerce
Editor's Note:
I received this email this morning from a good friend in response to the Donald Trump story. Least you think this affordable housing thing is all about "working families", check out the links and see the real stories of money and power
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Why aren't you talking
about the Pritzker's instead of Trump on SaveMarinwood.org? This is much more
apropo! I don't know if there's any connection between Trump and Plan Bay Area,
but there's a really direct Marin connection to the Pritzkers and high density
housing in the Bay Area:
- the Pritzker foundation is one of Steve
Kinsey's largest donors
- the Pritzker family is the poster child for
sprawl in Nicasio/West Marin, Steve's district where they have built a complex
of Macmansions
- Penny Pritzker is a Chicago building
billionairess (just made US Secretary of Commerce!) with a joint venture to
specifically develop multi-family high density housing
to whom will the spoils go when Plan Bay Area is
enacted and development opportunities arise?
- Penny Pritzker's bank lost account holders
$40m and taxpayers $155m to bail her out (even though she's a billionaire)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-22/pritzker-s-superior-bank-subprime-losses-blemish-resume.html
Monday, August 5, 2013
Got a Slingshot? Rich Developers want to Urbanize Marin
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| Banks, corporations and wealthy investors are the real winners with affordable housing. |
This
link describes the magnitude of economic and collaborative forces that want to
build high density housing near transit across the USA. http://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/housing-partnership-equity-trust-launches-100-million-funding-affordable-multifamily-housing/
In
summary, it looks like this:
Bank/investors
(Citi, Morgan Stanley, Prudential) along with major foundations (MacArthur,
Ford) gave $100M to Housing Partner Equity Trust (HPET) - which is
a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), which promises double digit
return on investment.
HPET
is sponsored and operated by Housing Partnership Network, a 100-member
national collaborative of housing and community development nonprofits.
HPET
provides long-term, low-cost capital to 12 nonprofits to "quickly and
efficiently acquire apt. buildings that provide quality homes for families,
seniors with modest incomes." . . . without the hassle of low-income
tax credits or public subsidies.
The 12 nonprofits identified: AHC
Housing, Inc.; BRIDGE Housing
Corporation; Chicanos Por La Causa; Community Development and
Preservation Corporation; Eden Housing,
Inc.; Hispanic
Housing Development Corporation; Homes
for America, Inc.; LINC Housing
Corporation; Mercy Housing; Nevada HAND,
Inc.; NHP Foundation; and NHT/Enterprise.
So
what Citizen Marin and others are fighting is the massive power of 100 housing
organizations across the country, coupled with foundations distributing big
chunks of $$, in collaboration with leading financial institutions, and
delivery through a pipeline of 12 preferred nonprofits.
Got a slingshot?
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Malcolm X on Oppression and the Media
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
― Malcolm X
Halloween Parade/Carnival in Marinwood?
Wouldn't it be great to have a parade/street party like this on Halloween in Marinwood?
See information about the artistry in this parade here
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