Health & Fitness
Video: The Story of How Marin (& Sonoma) Was Ruined
Citizen Marin has launched a new video describing the slow decline of Marin based on bad planning decisions and to drive awareness of the Larkspur Station Area Plan.
In December I published an article "The Story of How Marin Was Ruined". It describes the slow but gradual demise of the quality of life in Sonoma and Marin after cumulative planning decisions - such as the grandiose plans for Larkspur where 920 units equivalent to 5 Win Cups, and a hotel, and 177,000 square feet of additional retail are planned.
Remember that the SMART train, even at full capacity can accommodate only 3,000 riders; while 101 takes 330,000 people a day - for $1.6bn it represents a rounding error.
Also this video was created before it was realized that Sonoma had volunteered itself via Priority Development Area designations across the county to plan for 24,010 new housing units by 2040 - representing about 57,000 new residents - a city the size of San Rafael.
This has now be turned into a video by Citizen Marin complete with narrated voiceover and infographics.
You can watch the video here
http://youtu.be/qu8DBPx03T8
