Affordable housing development proposed along El Camino near Atherton

I moved to Friendly Acres in Redwood City after living 16 years near what is now Facebook's campus, because my rent went thru the roof. I live in a low income area of Redwood City. The occupancy of houses (and their garages) is high. There are no empty bedrooms for guests on my block. People have parties on their drive ways, not in their homes.

I am not certain if my neighborhood would be considered low income, everyone seems to have a job. But many of these jobs require pickups. Parking is always a problem, to the extent that police don't ticket cars parked at corners.

I would reevaluate the claim that only 50 parking spots are needed for 67 units. Any project approval should require that the occupants of these 67 units, and their guests, don't have more than 50 vehicles.

I wish developers would be honest about traffic and parking impacts. Things in the Bay seem to get worse and worse.

There may be a worse place to locate housing for people in the "extremely low, very low or low-income" category, but I cannot think of it right now. Where is the access to shopping, transportation, medical services? Why are any parking spaces planned for people in this economic range? The parking will cost as much or more than housing units. This type of housing should be located in a walkable community that can support a low income population. Perhaps if you cannot afford to live in a particular place it is time to move to a location you can afford. It probably won't be in the San Francisco Bay Area. Is any of this low income housing located in Palo Alto in the University Ave area where it would make the most sense? Maybe Palo Alto should go first and the rest of us can evaluate the result. Before you call me cold hearted know that I once occupied this economic realm.

Sorry, but the entire Bay Area is facing a housing crisis, and the solution is not to push out those who can't afford it and leave housing choice just for the elite who can.

Also, it is well documented that the Extremely-low income populations, and especially veterans / transitional populations, demonstrate a parking need much lower than 1 parking space per unit. This is not just more detached, single-family, Low-income housing, which I agree, DOES put a tremendous strain on local infrastructure and parking. Besides, there is a bus stop right in front of this building.

I do hope they save all the trees affected by this project. And I wish the elites in Palo Alto WOULD allow a project such as this, they are needed everywhere. But they won't. I think this is a great project. Many thanks to the San Mateo County for supporting this much needed project.