Category: Housing
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39° North Returned for Action. The Scale Question Stayed.
After nearly four hours of presentation, public comment and deliberation, 39° North was continued without a recommendation. Here’s what happened in the room — and what remained unresolved. Redeveloping the Kings Beach Town Center carries two linked challenges. Private redevelopment has to be feasible enough to happen. At the same time, the public planning framework…
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From Yosemite to Tahoe, Making Development Work Is Only Half the Question
Kingsbarn says shorter access would help make development more feasible near Yosemite. Kings Beach has had years to see how many different public decisions can become part of making difficult redevelopment work. Over the weekend, people kept sending me the same Yosemite story. Anna Kramer at NOTUS reported that the National Park Service has been…
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Kings Beach and Opportunity Zone 2.0 — What happens if more begins to pencil?
Placer County is asking California to reconsider Kings Beach Census Tract 06061020107 for Opportunity Zone 2.0, a federal program that offers tax benefits for qualifying private investment in designated low-income census tracts. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to support that reconsideration after the California Department of Finance initially did not advance the Kings Beach…
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Testing the Fit: What the 39° North Design Review Revealed
How the Tahoe Basin Design Review Committee evaluated the project against Kings Beach’s Town Center vision
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39° North at NTRAC: What Was Raised — and What Happens February 24
NTRAC reviewed the 39° North project on Feb 12. Here’s what neighbors raised — scale, housing, parking, infrastructure, safety, CEQA and what happens next on Feb 24.
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39° North Is Evolving — It’s Time to Involve the Community
Update – June 5, 2025: Kingsbarn Developer Meeting Recap: 39 North Project Update & Next Steps – On June 5, 2025, Kingsbarn developers hosted a community meeting about the proposed 39 North development in Kings Beach. The developers shared significant project changes but faced strong community skepticism. On May 28, Strong North Tahoe sat down…