The Association of Bay Area Governments projects that the nine-county Bay Area region will add nearly 1.5 million residents by 2030. That population growth will not be attributable to a wave of foreign immigration, nor to an influx of newcomers from other regions of the state or the country.
In fact, much of the region's burgeoning population will be homegrown - the children (and grandchildren) of those of us who already live here.
The question is: How and where is the Bay Area going to house its additional 1.5 million residents?
If recent history is a predictor of what we can expect between now and 2030, ...-more-