“The design is cookie-cutter, cheap and does not fit within the aesthetic.”

Fairfax, Calif., Vice Mayor Stephanie Hellman, who despite her reservations about a proposed six-story apartment tower in the bucolic Marin County town voted to allow the project to proceed. Hellman said she is bound by state mandates requiring cities to accelerate construction of housing. She and Mayor Lisel Bash now face a recall vote over the project, among other issues. (Wall Street Journal)