REMARKS
Council Member De La Rosa addresses the tension between affordable housing and worker wages
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Council Member Carmen N. De La Rosa expresses her thoughts on the importance of building affordable housing while also ensuring fair wages for workers. She highlights the challenge of balancing these two needs and criticizes the tendency to pit them against each other.
- Emphasizes the importance of affordable housing for her constituents
- Expresses frustration at being asked to choose between affordable housing and worker needs
- Calls for a reimagining of how these conversations are approached
Carmen N. De La Rosa
0:51:30
Thank you, Gail.
0:51:31
And I I'll just say to that, you know, it's a question I've been thinking about, obviously, like, coming from the community that I represent, building affordable housing is very important, especially for the type of constituents that I represent.
0:51:43
You know, not to mix topics here, but, you know, the administration is asking the counsel to also consider city of yes.
0:51:51
As we look at this and part of it is to be bold and look at the ways in which we can change the framework of how we build housing.
0:51:59
For me, it's, you know, aggravating when we're kind of asked to change the reality of what the needs of our communities are, and we're pitting that need for affordable housing versus the the need of the worker.
0:52:14
Right?
0:52:14
And I think that this is the opportunity part of the pond, but it's the opportunity for us to kind of reimagine the way that we're having these conversations.
