These girls have just picked turnips at Laguna Farm near Sebastopol on a Greenbelt Alliance Youth Outing. For the nearly one-half of people who are renters, affordable apartments and homes are extremely hard to find. As a result, many families are doubled or tripled up in overcrowded, substandard housing. The lack of affordable housing in our Bay Area cities and towns is a major cause of traffic gridlock as people drive to the Central Valley, Central Coast, and once-rural areas to the north to find homes. The result is unbearably long commutes, traffic-choked highways, and air and water pollution.
Nearby farms provide fresh produce for Bay Area residents year-round.
Farmers' markets give people the opportunity to meet the farmers that grow their food. An example of small-lot, single family infill housing in walking distance of downtown Santa Rosa. Georgia Street in historic downtown Vallejo is an example of a traditional Main Street with shops on the ground level and apartment living above. In walking distance are single family homes and apartments. All rights reserved.