Nearly a decade after being decommissioned as housing by the United States Coast Guard, the 33-acre site on the outskirts of Point Reyes Station has cleared another significant hurdle on its path to becoming affordable housing. 

In a monumental step forward for West Marin, an area chronically plagued by housing shortages, the Marin County Deputy Zoning Administrator approved the redevelopment proposal at a hearing last Thursday. 

The project, led by the Community Land…