Ccing @uhshanti and @sashaperigo for more thoughts. My friend with a finance degree brought this up and I’ve been thinking on it a lot
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I’m not sure how the financing breaks down, but I think this is a valid concern Brandon. (Tagging in
@jrivanob who knows his shit!) That’s why I’d support upzoning designed with reparations in mind. One way to do this could be higher IZ requirements in gentrifying communities.1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @sashaperigo @BrandonHarami and
Another idea is to upzone wealthy communities and reform CEQA so NIMBYs can’t abuse it, but require developers building in vulnerable neighborhoods to study community impacts first. This would drive the price of developing in vulnerable communities up and rich communities down.
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You could also repeal/reform Prop 13 and then drive up property taxes on mansions until this folks are incentivized to sell their land
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Replying to @BrandonHarami @sashaperigo and
Then earmark that revenue to invest in municipal housing. Or even to buy said land for public ownership
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Replying to @BrandonHarami @sashaperigo and
yeah I support upzoning rich neighborhoods but this is exactly right. turning less “desirable” areas into desirable ones and profiting off the land value is the basic motor of real estate development. you can alleviate that but it’s not gonna go away
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Replying to @uhshanti @BrandonHarami and
first, its important to understand developers as a segmented group. kind of like the contractors. there's overlap and fluidity among the groups but developers generally stick to certain types of projects. the point of west side work is to give smaller guys somewhere to go.
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there's actual real demand to live out that way and meeting it could provide some options for folks. something not mentioned enough is the political dimension for progs. the sunset & W of Twin Peaks are among the city's most conservative areas. getting more tenants there=good
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Yes, these are the areas I’d like to see upzoning. As well as the silicone valley where all the massive tech offices are at.
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Replying to @BrandonHarami @RevClown and
Yes! Mountain View and Cupertino have both added THOUSANDS of jobs and ZERO housing. There’s no reason those couldn’t be thriving cities with lots of apartments and lots of night life if we’d just develop them. Instead it’s adding gentrification pressure to SF and Oakland.
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um, we need more help here actually. Lenny Siegel, who paved the way for 10K units in Mountain View, was elected out of office this Nov. Then Cupertino threw out all the people who negotiate for housing to be built on Vallco a few weeks ago.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @BrandonHarami and
Ugh. Any action items on this front?
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Replying to @sashaperigo @BrandonHarami and
organize your Google colleagues to keep pressure on
@mtnviewellen and@alison4council to follow through on Bayshore housing and housing across the rest of the suburb. Ellen sounds friendly, but can't hurt keep the issue at the top of the agenda.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes - 7 more replies
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