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"Countywide numbers are used to determine what affordable housing means. But that doesn't work well because what is affordable in one part of the county is not affordable at the other end." -- Supervisor John Gioia
"Without even knowing the term, Walnut Creek did Smart Growth a long time ago. We kept our downtown walkable and inviting." - Mayor Pro Tem Gwen Regalia, City of Walnut Creek
"Oftentimes in the industry, we lapse into lingo ... it's hard to convince a community how (planning) can make their communities vibrant" -- Julie Bornstein, state Department of Housing and Community Development
"Affordable housing really isn't affordable. It's gentrification. We all have to move and live in trailers." -- Judith Christensen from Neighbors for Responsible
Redevelopment
"Proposition 13 makes local finance impossible. We're all fighting over crumbs." -- Tom Jones, California Futures Network
"It's the leaders who won't band together and face off this Prop. 13 thing." -- unidentified audience member
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