Marin is full of the worst kind of NIMBYs (even by Bay Area standards). That said I support the idea of building more low-income housing in San Rafael (even in

Marin is full of the worst kind of NIMBYs (even by Bay Area standards). That said I support the idea of building more low-income housing in San Rafael (even in Lucas Valley) but I doubt Lucas' intentions were an earnest attempt at providing meaningful low income housing to Marin County. One of the biggest problems, IMO, with densifying that area is that there's essentially zero public transit beyond the bus pads (one in each direction) on CA-101. The "SMART" train runs about a mile east of 101, but there's no Lucas Valley / Smith Ranch Rd stop. If there's anything that Marin is worse about than housing it's transit. And if there's anything worse than suburban sprawl it's suburban sprawl without any infrastructure to support it. Marin ought to charge for access to the park and ride lot and use the money to fund both a SMART "station" and a shuttle bus to run down Lucas Valley Road to the station. And then build the spite housing. Oh well, at least he's not freaking James Hetfield.