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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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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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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assuming SF has no need or desire to accommodate newcomers
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fundamental difference in goals. Should goal be to protect existing residents but not take new
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Not sure why you infer a goal of stasis out of a suggestion to stabilize new units' rents.
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ca system already favors stasis. Property owners effectively have "rent control" via prop 13 fixed
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and 30y fixed rate mortgage. RC adds another voting bloc motivated to maintain status quo.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MBridegam and
both promote housing stability (good) but create a massive voting majority that can't adapt to
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MBridegam and
structural shortages, economic/demographic change
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