Sonoma County Gazette - June 2018
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 Lessons
FOCUS on Affordable
JUNE 2018
    T T h h e e P P L L A A N N     D D a a y y T Tr r i i p p & &
Addressing Climate Change through ZERO Waste ~ 26
Chain Drug Prices - Tough Pill to Swallow ~ 55
Visit Artists in their Studios ~ 70
         that Changed Everything ~ 12
Dance into the Night ~ 17 & 69
         Learned?
  I HOPE we learned from the October Fires
By John Lowry, Housing Opportunities While there is a widespread
By Greg Karraker, Director,
understanding that our housing situation is becoming increasingly desperate, some local public policy seems to be turning away from low and very low income housing and implying that the problem that can be addressed by expanding the supply of market rate rental housing and accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District
Our phone rang off the hook at 4:10 AM on October 9. It was a panicked friend, telling my wife that Rohnert Park was on fire, being evacuated, and that we should leave immediately, even though we live much closer to Penngrove.
Here are just a few of the
Most importantly, these guys put duty above everything else. On October 10, I saw a crew come in, covered in dirt and ashes, and dead on their feet. They had been on the front line, with no sleep, and with only
LESSONS cont’d on page 10
The assertion seems to be that an increased supply of market rate rentals and ADUs will create a downward pressure on rents for existing apartments.
I immediately called Rancho Adobe Station 2 to understand what was happening, and wound up spending most of the week there, answering phones, correcting false rumors on social media, and getting a first-hand look at the firefighters who save lives and property every day, but whose existence people take mostly for granted.
Bike Rides ~ 18
Succulents & Carnivores ~ 20-21
Visit Artists in their Studios ~ 70
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While any increase in supply does remove some of the upward pressure on rents and prices, no amount of supply will provide any new housing for lower income households because development costs increasingly exceed income growth for lower income people. And the amount of new building needed to push down the value of current housing stock
 things I learned:
the water and snacks on their trucks, for 36 hours. After a shower and just
to the point that it would become
low income affordable would be unrealistically large, particularly with limited supply of buildable land and other costly constraints placed on housing development.
AFFORDABLE cont’d on page 9
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