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From: Teresa Ortega <br />To: GRP -City Council <br />Subject: 8.A. agenda item - public comment <br />Date: Sunday, November 8, 2020 8:29:56 PM <br />Dear City Council Members, <br />We are local educators writing to express our concern about and opposition to the South Main <br />Mixed -Use Project. This project would make Redwood City's housing crisis worse. Adding <br />530,000 sq. ft of office space and 28,000 sq. ft. of retail space but only 147 affordable housing <br />units would do a tremendous disservice to the current residents of Redwood City. Adding 393 <br />un -affordable units would only continue to hurt the market for current residents by driving <br />rents further upward. We implore you to prioritize existing residents' health and stability over <br />the profits of big developers. Please stop approving more luxury, un -affordable units. This is a <br />racial justice issue: Driving up the cost of housing will disproportionately affect marginalized <br />communities of color. Making one-third of the new units affordable and two-thirds un- <br />affordable is not progress! It is 1 step forward and 2 steps back. <br />Again, we ask that you please prioritize the wellbeing of working families over the profits of <br />property developers. Please vote no. <br />Thank you, <br />Teresa Ortega & Leah Thomas <br />