Early in March I met with Wendy Askew, aide to District 4 Monterey County Supervisor, Jane Parker. This conversation is one of the richest we've had on MIIS Radio, including the process by which an idea in the community becomes a county-wide policy, managing economic development, and how county offices must juggle the priorities of widely varied constituents and stakeholders. By the end of the episode, we discuss the disparity between county ordinances for affordability and the realities of what is affordable to residents of the region –– and what policy-makers and constituents can actually do about it.