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2014/11/01

San Francisco Does Not Have a Housing Crisis.


This brings us to a major reason for San Francisco’s affordability crisis – while circumstances for the city have changed, the outlook of much of the city’s political establishment has not. The end result is that San Francisco hasn’t been building enough housing to accommodate even reasonable growth for over a quarter century. Even though the perspectives of many of the city’s elected officials changed over time (most notably Brown), most of the power brokers behind them continue to talk about development as if they were still in the 1950’s. And they still wield considerable power. They are, on the whole, nice people with good intentions. But when they end up being the last and loudest voice in an elected official’s office before a vote, the outcomes are often more bad than good for the city’s present and future.
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Also:

KQED's 2014 California Election Guide

SPUR Voter Guide (San Francisco)

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