On July 26, 2022, the County of Marin notified the public that on July 19th an updated version of the Draft Housing Element was submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review that incorporates public feedback and comments received at the end of June.

The County has scheduled another joint public workshop with the Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission on August 9, 2022 to review and accept Countywide Plan amendments and rezoning concepts (time and location of the meeting have not been released at this time).

We are awaiting the summer release of the Draft Housing Element Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) that will be open for a 60-day comment period. This document is the programmatic California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA analysis that will include information on environmental impacts of the proposed Housing Element update.

We are currently reviewing the updated draft submitted to the HCD and are planning on attending the August 9th workshop and commenting. We continue to be concerned with the proposed rezoning of A-60 parcels that would set a negative precedent for future Housing Element updates by promoting urban sprawl into the inland rural corridor.