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    1. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: Mayor's Office of Housing and Economic Development director says we can't increase fees or development will stop. Tim's fine with that.

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    2. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: if growth doesn't benefit the City, we don't need it

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    3. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Q: what does City Planning do? [Laughter in room] A: John Elberling calls it a permit processing org. They don't make it possible to put new windows in your house. Just to process developers' plans. We need zoning to address the city's needs.

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    4. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Zoning should look at a "community needs assessment." How do we use tools of city planning to get that? Developers never follow the rules. They always want these conditional use permits for what they want. City could say what they want.

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    5. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: Planning Department works backwards. It's the planning director who runs things day-to-day, and it's the mayor who chooses them.

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    6. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: "I could spend two hours talking about the economics of the housing market in San Francisco."

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    7. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: number one source of housing in SF is rent-controlled. If someone moves out, rent gets reset. Studies show development doesn't make housing cheaper. Development is driven by international investors. SF, New York, and Vancouver are seen as the best places to invest.

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    8. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: you can get 12% return on condo space here. In 80s, Reagan's deregulation and changed rules on depreciation made office space best investment. We begged developers to build housing in the 80s but they just wanted to build office.

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    9. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: Residential Builders Association used to ask bank for $500k loan to buy a house. Not defending them. Never happens anymore.

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    10. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 14 Nov 2019
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      Tim: Now, 30% of condos are empty. Determined that by looking at where the property tax bills go, and I would personally go to condo buildings, get access, interview neighbors who would say they never see neighbors.

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      Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 14 Nov 2019
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      As someone who lives in one of these buildings and knows the neighbors, this is a lie, and it's insulting that @timredmondsf would erase my neighbors. He owes us an apology.

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        1. Robert Fruchtman‏ @_fruchtose 15 Nov 2019
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          I'm confident Tim was being truthful. We just don't know if it represents a larger pattern or if people don't know their neighbors for other reasons.

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