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1:34 I don't think trying to get around the Growth Management Act is acceptable. And because the high cost of fuel is what it is right now, we need to have a heavy emphasis on local food security. And that means making sure that local farmers are not under any additional pressure. If elected, what will be your top three priorities? If elected, my top three priorities are going to be pretty close to the same as everybody else, as I imagine. We are in a housing crisis. So increasing the supply of affordable housing is top billing. And right hand in hand with that is homelessness. We need to find more ways to keep people in their homes and prevent homelessness from happening in the first place, whether that is a senior on a fixed income or a young family trying to find someplace affordable. I'm also in favor of rent stabilization and tenant protection wherever possible. So with those two things being at the top,

2:32 obviously for me, environment is going to be number three. So increasing the tree canopy and making sure that countywide we are matching the standards that Vancouver has already set for us, very important to me. What actions would you recommend for addressing housing affordability in the county? So when it comes to affordable housing, the first thing that we need to think about is that affordable doesn't mean for poor people. We all have different ideas of what affordability really means to us. And regardless of what your background is or what kind of housing you need, we all deserve to have housing that's available to us that is affordable based on our means. So we need actual starter homes, not these huge houses that are on the outskirts of the county. We need to have more options that are close in where jobs already are. So I'm a big fan of infill, ADUs, as well as making the permitting process for all

3:29 of these things much easier. How would you rate the county's response to the impacts of homelessness? And what changes would you recommend? I really admire a lot of the work that the county has done through ECHO to address homelessness. That said, I think there is much, much more work to be done.