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RE: Citizen Comment RE: Broadstone Village
From: Tony <
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 5:35 PM
To: Hanh, Hannah <hhanh@slocity.org>
Subject: Citizen Comment RE: Broadstone Village
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To Members of City Council, Planning Members, and fellow citizens of San Luis Obispo,
I am writing in regards to the Broadstone Village residential development plan. I respectfully disagree
with this plan and any other large housing developments. The reasons for my opposition is threefold:
1. The goal of "affordable housing" has failed with prior housing developments.
There has been no meaningful alleviation of housing prices in the area, and they have only gone up
as more housing inventory has become available. The "affordable housing" developments have
been a cash grab masquerading as housing relief with billboards boasting new homes available
"from the low $1 millions". Anecdotally, most properties I have seen bought have been either by
extremely well-off retirees or bay-area parents buying a house so their kids can stay there while
they go to Poly. Often these people see it as only an investment and are not actively involved in the
community.
2. Infrastructure challenges, with the addition of more units there has been more and more strain on
traffic, services, and open spaces. The location of this development will put a massive strain on
an already highly impacted LOVR overpass; let alone create more demand and expansion for
other infrastructure.
3. Finally and most importantly I have been seeing the erosion of the SLO culture. Since moving here
in 2009, there has been an increased gentrification of SLO. LOTS of mom and pop stores have
disappeared and been replaced with boujee hotels, restaurants, and high-priced national brands.
Housing isn't targeting people who are living and working in SLO, it's just bringing in more people
which keeps us in this revolving door of development. At this pace won't be long until we become
like these copy-paste cities in the LA or bay areas; bereft of the identity and culture that makes
SLO the best.
As a husband and a father of 3, who is deeply entrenched in the community, I am earnestly asking to stop
developments like this and keep SLO small and keep its identity.
Thanks for your time and consideration,
Tony Lenz
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