Homesteading was fairly normal in the late sixties into the eighties, lots of owner built homes, "Hippie" craftsman who built things with that human touch - many to code or better, but without permits. Most prevalent in Southern Humboldt, but sprinkled throughout the county, mostly college age transplants, young and idealistic - it was the back-to-the-land time, grow your own, self sufficiency... Alex Fairless, now Alex Stillman, Mayor of Arcata, lived in an "alternative" structure built on top of a tree stump. Made it into National Geographic.
Then Building/Planning decided to crack down, with draconian revisions to the building code and code enforcement. Tom Conlon was in charge at the time.
Anybody remember that? Remember what happened? Remember Dan Taranto?
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