How much housing should be built across the entire San Francisco Bay Area to deal with the current region-wide housing shortage?
10% 50,000 units/year
7% 100,000 units/year
10% 200,000 units/year
72% 400,000 units/year
29 votes • Final results
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The poll choices correspond to 1.8%, 3.6%, 7.1%, and 14.3% annual growth rates. For comparison, annual population growth rates in the bay area were: 2010-2017: 1.2% 2000-2010: 0.5% 1990-2000: 1.2% 1980-1990: 1.5% 1970-1980: 1.1% 1960-1970: 2.4% 1950-1960: 3.1% 1940-1950: 4.5%
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I think those numbers are going to be a lot higher in the burbs and lower in the core counties. San Mateo County is nowhere near 1.2% a year
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Replying to @BelmontRenters
But it's better for the environment to have the growth in the denser core than to sprawl outward, so I think it's critical to look at metro area growth as a whole.

Oct 3, 2018 · 8:40 PM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @BelmontRenters
Also, San Mateo county annual population growth numbers: 2010-2017: 1.0% 2000-2010: 0.15% 1990-2000: 0.9% 1980-1990: 1.0% 1970-1980: 0.5% 1960-1970: 2.3% 1950-1960: 6.5% 1940-1950: 7.7%