Ask yourself why Marin has mysteriously managed to constrain its population to roughly 200K people over the past several decades while Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Contra Costa counties, etc have had to grow and also are more racially, socioeconomically diverse
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @issiromem
That’s an easy one - I wrote this op ed addressing that precise allegationhttp://www.marinij.com/opinion/20180110/marin-voice-heroic-efforts-that-made-marin-shouldnt-be-vilified …
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I’m missing the part in that article about racial and socioeconomic diversity. Instead, your article admits the real reason: property values
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That’s an easy one too. So as a YIMBY - a wealthy largely white developer & tech billionaire funded movement - how does building lots of luxury units help change that?pic.twitter.com/2vs90FxiEF
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First off, I’m neither of those. Second, it’s clear—build luxury units, then people who can afford them move there, freeing up older houses.
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Before you tell me “this doesn’t happen”, this is *literally* what I’m doing right now. Moving out of a 100+ y/o studio to a new condo.
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I’m very happy that SF Planning allowed my new condo to be built, because now my rent controlled studio can go to someone who needs it. :)
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Did you move to SF from somewhere else?
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My move is in-town.
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Before you moved to your rent controlled place?
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I moved from elsewhere in the Bay Area. I’ve been in the Bay Area for nearly a decade. What difference does it make?
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