Because guess what happens when those folks can't find affordable housing there? They come to Fresno. So we end up getting a lot of the population, which, based on what the census data tells us, 48,000 people were added in the last ten years here in the city of Fresno alone. 41% of that growth is in my district. So southeast Fresno has seen a lot of the increased population, which then leads to less inventory. (18:10–18:16)
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