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Bluesky · 🏡 Let’s support leaders ready to build the homes Larkspur needs! Join Marin YIMBY on Oct. 24 to canvass for Brian Jaffe for Larkspur City Council Meet at Peet's Coffee in Bon Air Center, Greenbrae at 11 AM. Sign up: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Instagram · 🏡 YIMBY Day of Action: Canvass for Brian Jaffe in Larkspur! 🚪 Join Marin YIMBY and California YIMBY this Saturday, October 24, to hit the doors and connect with voters in support of Brian Jaffe for Larkspur City Council! Brian is committed to making Larkspur more affordable and ensuring local government helps move housing solutions forward. Now it’s our turn to help get the word out! 💪 Want to…
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Instagram · 🏡 Marin YIMBY endorses Will Dittmar for San Anselmo Town Council! San Anselmo needs leaders who will turn housing plans into real homes. Will Dittmar supports making it easier to build housing by establishing clear standards, speeding up permitting, and removing unnecessary fees and delays. Will supports more housing options—including duplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, apartments, and accessory dwe…
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Instagram · 🏡 Marin YIMBY endorses Paul Roesler and Robert Herbst for Ross Town Council! Ross can preserve its small-town character while making it easier to build the homes our community needs. That starts with local leaders willing to cut unnecessary red tape and make the approval process more predictable. Paul Roesler and Robert Herbst are calling for updates to Ross’s municipal code to allow more project…
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Instagram · 🏡 Marin YIMBY endorses Rachel Farac and Pat Eklund for Novato City Council! Novato needs leaders who understand that addressing the housing shortage means both building more homes and protecting the people who already call our community home. Rachel Farac recognizes that decades of underbuilding, restrictive land-use policies, lengthy approval processes, and high construction costs have made hous…
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Instagram · 🏡 Marin YIMBY endorses Brian Jaffe and Gareth Walter for Larkspur City Council! Larkspur needs leaders who will turn housing plans into actual homes—and Brian Jaffe and Gareth Walter bring complementary approaches to getting that done. Brian Jaffe brings direct experience in housing development and state housing policy. He supports expanding housing options, making approvals more predictable, red…
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Instagram · 🏡 Marin YIMBY endorses Ava Fruin, David Bell, and Eli Beckman for Corte Madera Town Council! Corte Madera needs local leaders who recognize the importance of building more homes and creating a more affordable, inclusive community. We’re proud to endorse Ava Fruin, David Bell, and Eli Beckman in this year’s Town Council race. Each brings a vision for Corte Madera’s future, and we look forward to w…
Bluesky · 🏡 Let’s support leaders ready to build the homes Marin County needs! Join Marin YIMBY + @cayimby.bsky.social on Oct. 17 to canvass for Eric Lucan for State Assembly District 12. Meet at Equator Coffee in Sausalito at 11 AM. Sign up: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Instagram · 🏡 Let’s keep showing up for the homes our county needs! A big thank-you to everyone who joined Marin YIMBY and California YIMBY last Saturday to canvass for Eric Lucan for State Assembly District 12! We appreciate you showing up and helping make housing affordability a priority. 🙌 Missed us last weekend? You have another chance this Saturday! Join us for our next YIMBY Day of Action as we head o…
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Instagram · Housing affordability isn’t just about the cost of building homes—it’s also about the cost of insuring them. In California, wildfire risk and rising insurance costs are putting pressure on homeowners, renters, and housing providers alike. When insurance becomes unaffordable or unavailable, it can make homes more expensive to buy, build, and maintain, adding another barrier to housing affordability…
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Instagram · Pro-housing laws only work if they’re enforced—and Rob Bonta has made enforcement a priority. ⚖️ In 2021, Bonta established the Housing Strike Force, the first unit in the Attorney General’s office dedicated to holding cities accountable for violations of state housing law. 🏘️ His office has challenged local obstruction, from suing Huntington Beach over its resistance to state housing requirement…
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Instagram · California needs leaders who can turn housing goals into homes—and Fiona Ma brings financial and executive experience to that challenge. In her questionnaire to YIMBY Action, Ma outlined several ways she would advance housing as Lieutenant Governor: 🏫 More student and faculty housing: She would use her role on the UC and CSU governing boards to advocate for faster development of campus housing, h…
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How we work
Reform the rules
Back zoning reform and streamlined permitting so more homes are legal to build, especially near transit and jobs.
Educate & engage
Turn out residents to the meetings that matter and make it easy to take a pro-housing position on local projects.
Build partnerships
Work with neighbors, labor, faith groups, and builders toward a shared abundant-housing agenda.
Marin YIMBY is a chapter of YIMBY Action.
One of the local groups organizing for more homes across the country, backed by the national team.