As the STR playing field shifts, the question of what exactly is being managed becomes more important. Are we regulating people or businesses?

Placer County Supervisor Cindy Gustafson points to the positive gains made in workforce housing despite the crisis Tahoe continues to wade through. Enews email excerpt: Amid a housing crisis that still hasn’t recovered from 2008, Placer County Supervisor Cindy Gustafson argues that there is work being done to address Tahoe’s shortage of homes for the local workforce.

Readers responded to Moonshine’s latest month with a variety of input — wondering why Ukraine is being localized instead of other invasions and wars; constructing a skate park(s) in Tahoe City (and Truckee!); and remembering the good ol’ days with groovy music and local radio.

In a My Shot, the Tahoe Prosperity Center’s CEO summarizes the results of the Envision Tahoe Community Survey, and finds a common acknowledgement of a “Tahoe vibe.”

It’s a diagnosis for those getting greedy in the housing market.

Short-term, long-term … can’t we branch out and all just get along?

The author of this My Shot is part of the new coalition Take Back Tahoe which aims to restrict the number and location of STRs on the North Shore; here’s her outline of the extent of the problem and solutions she sees that could start to solve it.

Containment? Of which crisis[es]??

They aren’t here anymore, but they are our educators, laborers, friends, and neighbors, nonetheless. Presenting: the Ink’s memorial wall for locals displaced by the housing crisis.

They aren’t here anymore, but they are our educators, laborers, friends, and neighbors, nonetheless. Presenting: the Ink’s memorial wall for locals displaced by the housing crisis.