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Mayolanda Madrigal
Thu 6/15/2023 10:21 AM
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Hello, my name is Mayolanda and I [AM A RESIDENT OF EAST SAN JOSE, AN ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ETC.]
For far too long San José's affordability issues have been ignored, and communities like East San José have disproportionally suffered from the effects of overcrowding, homelessness, and poor living conditions.
Many of us voted for Measure E on the promise that it would be used to build affordable housing, but now the Mayor wants to shift funding towards temporary homeless shelters, which would jeopardize funding for new affordable housing construction. This is unacceptable!
I believe this is a misguided short-term gain that will have a devastating long-term impact on our housing affordability. Our working-class families can’t afford to lose this critical resource.
I urge you all to support the Davis, Ortiz, Torres memo as it represents the will of the voters, and works strategically to address both the affordability and unhoused crisis that we are facing.
Thank you.
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Yolanda Madrigal