High-Density Housing Rezoning Approved for Orinda

The City of Orinda Needs Your Voice

Please consider taking a few seconds to sign this petition and pass it along. What most Orindans do not realize is that our City Planning Department is not just approving the Santa Maria lot for 20-units per acre housing, but is updating the housing element that could open the door to very damaging real estate development. Notice how the Orinda Senior Center now in construction  on Irwin Way exceeds Orinda's 35-foot height limit. Similar projects can also be granted exceptions simply by meeting the definition of low-income housing.

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We have begun our first petition campaign called the "1000 Voices in 10 Days" Campaign. Will you help us get 100 signatures per day over the next 10 days?

"Sure, I'll help...but what's the rush?"

Orinda Watch is very concerned about the city's recent actions around the City's draft Housing Element that was sent to California's Department of Housing and Community Development on June 4th. We will shortly be submitting a 10+ paged letter to Orinda City Council outlining our requests and demands to protect the city against potential lawsuits...stay tuned.

The next City Council meeting is July 16th (exactly 10 days away). We need to hand these 1000+ signatures to the Orinda City Council on that date for a number of reasons but here are two of the biggest reasons:

1) to prove that intelligent, thoughtful, empirically-focused, caring citizens are not just a "vocal minority of residents" and to force the city council to finally start listening to its citizens' concerns.

2) Orinda staff expects to bring this Housing Element before the city council for VOTE in August. As we all know, when something comes up for a vote, it's usually too late to speak up, as all of the drafting and analysis has already been done.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PETITION...