ya. i always encourage left-YIMBYs to realize that if their goal is to create livable and equitable cities, developers and financial wealth are absolutely *not* ideological allies even if they can be temporary allies of convenience and prop C is a great example of that.
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and my opinions of weiner and breed were dramatically lowered by them showing which side of that ideological divide they were comfortable being on
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Anyone who knows San Francisco politics would’ve realized Weiner, Breed, & Chiu would oppose measures like Prop C before YIMBYs strongly supported them.
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Replying to @tigerbeat @mtsw and
Who says YIMBYs aren’t deliberatelytrying to coalesce a different agenda that is pro-housing creation and pro-homelessness funding at the same time that doesn’t fit into pre-existing historical boxes?
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They strongly supported all three including Sonja Trauss having them at rallies & other events after they came out against Prop C https://facebook.com/events/1831978853560891/ …
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Get back to me when the local far left drops it’s support for people who’re generally their allies over a single point of disagreement.
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Many on the left who would’ve enthusiastically supported Jeff Adachi for mayor if he had run in 2007 didn’t support him in 2011 over pensions https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-pension-reform-hot-button-issue-in-sf-mayors-race-2011nov05-story.html …
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I was hoping an example that wasn’t a mistake.
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Leno & others withdrew their endorsements of Angela Aliota after she proposed her awful Sanctuary City ballot measurehttp://www.sfweekly.com/news/leno-revokes-alioto-endorsement-after-anti-immigration-comments/ …
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Wait, there were people who thought she was progressive before that?
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I think if you look at her early 2000s record, she actually seems like a totally different person then.
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