Archive for: November, 2007

The Crab Season

by Jim Martin

The Crab Season

It’s not the stuff you can see, they say, that will get you. It’s the stuff you can’t see. The November 7th spill of 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel oil pales in comparison with past incidents in the San Francisco Bay. According to the Associated Press, the top five oil spills in the San Francisco [...]

Will Mendo Ever Again Have Affordable Housing?

by Mark Scaramella

Will Mendo Ever Again Have Affordable Housing?

Back in 2004 the Ukiah office of Legal Services of Northern California (formerly Redwood Legal) sued Mendocino County because the County’s “Housing Element,” a state-mandated ingredient of county general plans, did not comply with state law. Mendo’s Housing Element wasn’t worth the fancy paper it was written on — the fancy paper known as the [...]

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