Measure B supporters note that 60% of Newland Sierra housing would be affordably priced for the working class. But assuming it’s built, what would that “affordable” price be at completion given the continuing rise in prices, up 8% over the past year alone? Moreover, what’s their definition of “working class?”
Residents of the communities of Elfin Forrest and Harmony Grove have long been at odds with potential development in the form of housing, schools and light industry, and that’s likely because there aren’t...