LARKSPUR FIGHTS BACK
Neighbors Working Together to Preserve our Small Town's Quality of Life
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Other Towns Fighting High Density Development
An SAP Primer
A good summary of Larkspur's SAP and what we can do to stop it.
"Time to Save Strawberry from High Density Development"
In this opinion piece pubshed in the IJ on January 5th, Charles Ballinger explains the strange trend among Marin planning departments toward urbanization of unlikely and illogical locales, like the Theologial Seminary in Strawberry, Larkspur Landing, and the Wincup site in Corte Madera.
"Judge Deals Major Blow to Hollywood Growth Plan"
In a December 11th article, the Los Angeles Times describes savehollywood.org's recent victory in obtaining a court ruling finding that Hollywood's proposed plan for high density development does not adequately address environmental concerns, among other things.
"San Rafael Recinds Two High Density Housing Plans"
This September 16, 2013 IJ article reports that the San Rafae City Council responded to pressure from residents to recind the high density "Priority Development Area" designation of the Civic Center Station Area Plan.
"The Lament of an 'Urban Villager'"
In this L.A, Times op-ed piece, Santa Monica resident Bruce Feldman describes how the high densty "urban village" concept sounded great in theory, but the reality turned out to be a traffic nightmare. Let's face it: high density housing = high density traffic.