This is awesome, and I want to see more. If cities continue allow for more jobs than housing, big companies can push back and require that they be allowed to build housing as part of their major office plans.https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/1-billion-investment-bay-area-housing/ …
The obvious counter is to set aside cash to be a corporate single-issue advocacy org: promise election-time support for candidates who support housing-first (e.g. SB50) and, if they fail to vote for/pass it, promise triple the support for opponent in next cycle
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But saying "we intend to ask nicely to re-zone some land" in an environment where nearly all zoning reform has been argued to death? Seems at best a one-off improvement.
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What I'd like to see is Amazon HQ-style negotiations, except around housing approvals instead of taxes. You want us to build nice, cutting offices for high-paying jobs? Let us build housing, including BMR units.
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