Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
‘Lake Tahoe has a people problem’: how a resort town became unlivable’ The region’s popularity has seen a surge, sending real estate prices soaring and pushing locals out. by Dani Anguiano in Kings Beach ‘Lake Tahoe has a people problem’: how a resort town became unlivable | California | The Guardian Lake Tahoe has made Fodor’s …
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Catering to the wealthy for second and third homes is NOT solving the housing crisis………. NPR: A Startup Is Turning Houses Into Corporations, And The Neighbors Are Fighting Back FULL STORY HERE August 24, 20216:30 AM ET GREG ROSALSKY Brad Day and his neighbors in California’s Sonoma Valley have noticed a real estate startup …
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Economic Development Board Report (pre-pandemic) shows tourism is only 6.5% of our GDP. Our children can’t afford to live here, we need less tourism, more resident protections. Pesticides and vineyards have been permanently banned in California coastal communities due to environmental destruction. Let’s not let the wine industry destroy another area of our county. Planners …
53% of all housing on the Sonoma Coast is vacation rentals. The workforce and people who grew up on the coast have to leave for affordable housing. Time for a moratorium until balance is achieved. “Overtourism has also exacerbated another big problem in the city: affordable housing. An explosion in the number of apartments being …
53% of the Sonoma Coast are vacation rentals creating higher rents and lack of any rentals for workers and families. Longer mandated stays, shorter periods for any vacation rentals and strict enforcement have worked for other areas. The Sonoma County draft Local Coastal Plan does not address limits on vacation rentals, instead encourages more tourism. …
Joe Rodota Trail Housing Solutions Hello Sonoma County, we apologize for the long post – hang in there, we have a lot of information to share. Sonoma County is planning to move occupants of the Joe Rodota Trail (trail) to permanent supportive housing and sheltering in other locations in the County by January 31, 2020. …