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Editorial: Housing crisis requires bold steps to resolve

Original post made on Jul 15, 2016

Solving the housing crisis that plagues the Bay Area will demand Herculean resolve and enterprise if cities continue to welcome job-generating high-tech companies to set up shop. San Mateo County is taking a number of steps in the right direction, and is considering a ballot measure that could result in a giant step forward.

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Posted by Steve Taffee
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jul 15, 2016 at 2:05 pm

I agree that bold moves are required. Our socially liberal but fiscally conservative community has a hard time with moving beyond rhetoric. NIMBY has a strong hold in our community. I am not cynical about such change, but it's hard not to be pessimistic.

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Posted by Joan
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jul 15, 2016 at 5:03 pm

<<But supervisors appear receptive to the option of a bond measure – a strategy that is gaining favor in neighboring counties, including Santa Clara County, whose voters will be asked to approve a $950 million bond this fall.>>

Another bond issue on top of the recent school bonds? That would certainly drive more low income seniors out of our neighborhoods.

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Posted by Ellen
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jul 16, 2016 at 8:46 pm

The only long term solution is for the cities to stop welcoming those "job generating high tech companies".

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