Editorial: 17-story approval in San Rafael is a jaw-dropper

None of the members of the San Rafael City Council promised voters they would support building a 17-story apartment complex downtown. They may have promised to address the need for more affordable housing, but not by building a relative skyscraper.

Likely, it would have at least raised some voters’ eyebrows as the idea of constructing a building that tall was on nobody’s radar.

That was until state lawmakers, pushing to build more housing, gave the green light to developers, essentially...