Big Tech can't build housing units commensurate with their office growth unless the suburban peninsula govts, um, actually zone for and allow them to build midsize or large residential buildings. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/HowardKushlan/status/1103485357327212545 …
The scale of the issue is much larger than what one company can do and creating that illusion among an electorate enables them to absolve themselves of making larger systemic changes to the way we look at land and housing. Also, at a municipal level, it’s really not the best way
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To address the issue, since cities (like Palo Alto) will set bad faith asks that make them feel good while protecting their $3M+ home values and don’t do anything to fix their 3:1 jobs:housing ratio.
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Then OTOH, you have San Jose which has for a long time provided the housing that PA doesn’t provide to its workforce and as a result, has a precarious city budget where they have to bend over backwards to attract tax revenue sources like Google.
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