Mill Valley commission advances Hamilton Drive housing

The Mill Valley Planning Commission has endorsed a controversial affordable housing development at 1 Hamilton Drive.

The commission’s unanimous vote on Tuesday to recommend the plan sends the project to the City Council for approval. A hearing date has not yet been set.

“I understand many people would, frankly, not like to see anything at all here but that is not the situation we’re in,” Planning Commission chair Jon Yolles said. “We’re in a housing crisis and the only way to address it...