MILL VALLEY, California - Cities and counties are struggling with a state mandate to build some 2.5 million housing units by 2031, with some towns rebelling under the load. Mill Valley, a town of 14,000 people, have to come up with a lot of homes and soon.

Housing shortage

Statewide, the numbers are staggering, and the time is very short. The state mandate says that Mill Valley must see to it that 865 more housing units be built by 2031, with at least half affordable units.

"And that's what happens in every single town. If you don't do what the state wants, they gonna build. You're gonna get those structures in you city that nobody wants." said Marin County resident Jennifer Jarvis.

Marin County lagging

Mill Valley Mayor Stephen Burke knows it. "We take it seriously because we know

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