SR YIMBY lead Adrian Covert was quoted in an August 2022 Press Democrat article about unused parking in downtown Santa Rosa:
"Replacing parking with housing and enhancing bike and pedestrian infrastructure will create a more vibrant and inviting downtown, draw more shoppers and create a larger employee pool for local businesses, according to Covert and other advocates for downtown transformation."
Did you know the average cost to build an affordable home in Sonoma County has skyrocketed in recent years:
"In 2019, the average cost of building a unit of affordable housing in Sonoma County was just under $500,000, according to an analysis by the Bay Area Economic Institute. But as the pandemic has continued to upend the global economy, that per-unit cost can today reach between $650,000 and $750,000, according to [Efren] Carrillo with Burbank Housing."
