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<br /> Supervisor Rich Gordon...March 20th, 2006 Approvable - <br /> I enjoyed the opportunity to meet with you recently to discuss the issues of housing in <br /> San Mateo County. As you know, I am advocate for more housing. <br /> , <br /> It concerns me that our children who grow up in this County often have little chance of <br /> owning a home here. The fact that eighty-five percent of the people who presently own a <br /> home in San Mateo County could not afford to buy. that home at today's market price is <br /> also troubling. We do not have housing for OUf workforce and employers find <br /> recruitment to be all the more challenging given housing prices. <br /> I believe that the construction of additional housing requires innovative approaches. We <br /> must consider in.filJ development at a higher density. I also believe that such <br /> development would best be located,in clase pro~imity to the dual transportation corridors <br /> of Highway 101 and the CalTrain line. <br /> I respect that every local city must make decisions abouL site-specific issues, but as <br /> someone who has county-wide concerns I applaud those communities who approach thJs <br /> issue with creative thinking. <br />