East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for June 1, 2023
A recent letter properly expressed concern about Orinda’s wildfire evacuation plan. The EIR for Orinda’s downtown development plan found that the contemplated 1,618 new housing units downtown would have a “significant” impact on wildfire evacuation that was “unavoidable” notwithstanding planned mitigations.
A group is suing to overturn Orinda’s certification of the EIR. Residents of Orinda, as well as of Moraga, should support the effort.Area lawmaker pushes ‘social housing’ planAssemblyman Alex Lee wants to create another state agency that gets into the home-building business. What could go wrong there?
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