Affordable home plan abandoned

West Marin’s housing crisis, and the future of affordable homes, may hinge on something as basic—and bureaucratically fraught—as septic systems.  In a county historically resistant to new development, zoning…

Tight race expected for NMWD seat

Elections to local water boards are often somnolent affairs, with incumbents coasting to re-election unopposed. But this year’s contest to represent West Marin on the North Marin Water District…

Martinelli tenants fear losing homes

West Marin’s workforce housing crisis has been brought into sharp relief at a Point Reyes Station ranch where the county recently red-tagged 13 dwellings that lack proper septic systems…