HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/5/2017 Item 12, Alba
Christian, Kevin
From:Ryan Alba <ryanmatthewalba@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, June
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Housing
Dearest City Counsel Members,
First of all, thank you for your time and energy invested into guiding this amazing community. I write to you in regards to the San Luis
Ranch development; one of the most important projects to shape the future of San Luis Obispo and leave a legacy impact.
After surviving my first 18 years of 110° weather, valley fever, and onslaughts of tumbleweeds in Bakersfield, I came to the oasis that is SLO
to attend Cal Poly. For the last twelve years, I've had the pleasure of living here and experiencing the evolution of our town.
SLO is where my heart is. This is home. But with artificially elevated demand (via Cal Poly who's only continuing to increase attendance), an
influx of outside investment, and limited housing supply, it is financially unviable to purchase a home on workforce income in SLO.
This is certainly an oversimplification of the challenges we face as there are many different perspectives. As the son of a developer, with an
undergrad in engineering, and working here as a business growth consultant, I fully experience this. I encourage the Planning Commission to
continue embracing challenges and using your creativity to find solutions that aren't always restrained to preconceived limitations.
In short, please don't make me move back to Bakersfield. Enable a generation of local talented, hard-working individuals to build equity,
establish roots, and grow the economic vitality of our beautiful community. Support San Luis Ranch.
Thank you!
Ryan M. Alba
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