or the initial appearance of homeless in 1983 as the lowest-quality tier of housing was cannibalized
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @enf
The new economic inequality under Reagan created need for rock-bottom housing after a lot was demolished.
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Housing since the 1980s has worsened, yes. But that is not the fault of SF's pro-tenant left. Sorry, no.
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Replying to @MBridegam @enf
tenant rights aren't the issue. An ultimately self-defeating alliance w NIMBY neighborhood associations is
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @enf
If this alleged unholy alliance existed, wouldn't there be more city funding by now for eviction defenSe?
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Replying to @MBridegam @enf
SF has one of the, if not the strongest, rent control ordinances in the country.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @enf
Re: 1970s errors, a big one was limiting rent control to old housing stock that would diminish with time.
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The genuinely self-defeating yimby/landlord alliance wouldn't be seductive if all rents were stabilized.
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Replying to @MBridegam @kimmaicutler
Nobody was building rentals during early 50s rent control. I think you'd get nothing new but condos
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Replying to @enf @kimmaicutler
How does SF's experience compare to other rent control cities, e.g. NYC, or pre-1995 Boston/Cambridge?
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Massachusetts has chapter 40b http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/California_40B_Working_Paper.pdf …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @enf
Interesting re MA 40B, & new in a convo that oft goes circular. How does it compare to CA "by-right"?
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Replying to @MBridegam @enf
need to read that report in closer detail. Just skimmed. But both NY/Mass have stronger metro or state rules
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