Tag Archives: Affordable Housing

Together they did: affordable housing moves forward

By Teri | February 20, 2008

What do the following people have in common? Paula Authier, Mark Banks, Beetle Barbour, Ron Kopf, Jim O’Neil, George Segarini, and Jim Todd. Give up? Not only are they friends of mine, but they put aside a long history of contention and came to agreement so that the county could begin to address a major [...]

Gotta be a better way

By Teri | September 20, 2007

The Board of Supervisors considered approving a controversial new ordinance this week, but we stopped short of deciding the issue. After 2 failed votes, we calendared it for further consideration in October. Why? Even though all of us believe some kind of legislative action is necessary to address a serious lack of affordable housing that’s [...]