Sonoma County voters say quality of life has worsened | Press Democrat

Evaluating the availability of housing, 69% of respondents said it had gotten worse and 7% it improved.

Of those who said the availability of housing was worse, 44% said it was much worse and 25% said it was somewhat worse.

Sonoma County already needs 58,000 additional housing units by 2030 to make it more affordable for workers to live here, according to a recent report from nonprofit Generation Housing.

“A greater amount of affordable housing would give people more housing options. People wouldn’t have to crowd so tightly into existing single family homes and I think it would make for better quality of life.” ― Sonoma resident Michael Talbot

Sonoma resident and poll participant Michael Talbot, 52, commended the city of Sonoma’s efforts to create affordable housing but added he would like to see more.

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