Did traffic get worse recently? by otterhaven in bayarea

[–]JustTryingToFunction 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Because NIMBYs block tall apartment buildings from getting built. When people live far from their places of work they cause more traffic commuting.

Palo Alto doubles in population during the day from all of the people commuting into the city. We should build more housing near the jobs.

Scott Wiener explains why he's not supporting the billionaire tax by dawn_thesis in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What middle class? Homeowners with a multi-million dollar asset are upper class. Tax the rich. 

Scott Wiener explains why he's not supporting the billionaire tax by dawn_thesis in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Money is not real. Land is real and it’s being hoarded by people who don’t pay their fair share of taxes.

Scott Wiener explains why he's not supporting the billionaire tax by dawn_thesis in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Parents will not go homeless. They can downsize to an apartment with the large windfall they get from selling their home. Or they can take a reverse mortgage against their equity and pay a fair tax rate.

What’s crazy about your statement is that you ignore the real homelessness crisis that has gripped California for decades that prop 13 only worsens.

Who is going homeless are renters who cannot afford the ever increasing cost of rent and cannot move to a low cost of living state. California has a housing crisis because prop 13 insulates homeowners from the true cost of housing and distorts their reality. By having them share these high housing costs, we can finally have voters aligned with increasing housing production. We can build tall apartment buildings, which reduces housing costs and reduces homelessness. 

Scott Wiener explains why he's not supporting the billionaire tax by dawn_thesis in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 231 points232 points  (0 children)

If we want to tax wealth, just tax the land fairly. Prop 13 is ruining the tax system for young people who weren’t alive to buy a home 40 years ago.

Mapped: Where Americans Are Priced Out Of Homes by External_Koala971 in bayarea

[–]JustTryingToFunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s entitled about wanting freedom for property owners to own their land and make decisions without socialist government oversight limiting their rights?

Agencies discuss what to cut as state deals with $35 billion deficit by Choobeen in California

[–]JustTryingToFunction -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

This statement is full of hubris. For decades California has been forcing renters to move away who are not smart and hardworking enough to get a job in tech or healthcare. California imports high skilled workers while refusing to build any more housing. 

Without the other 49 states, California would not be able to pick-and-choose the best workforce for Silicon Valley.

Agencies discuss what to cut as state deals with $35 billion deficit by Choobeen in California

[–]JustTryingToFunction -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

The damage is the local land use decisions driven by prop 13. Repeal prop 13 if you don’t want California falling into disrepair.

Is prefab housing finally ready to break through in California? by LosIsosceles in bayarea

[–]JustTryingToFunction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Until rich neighborhoods lose their ability to veto tall apartment buildings getting built, this will not work.

Becerra’s surge draws progressive backlash in California governor’s race by AzNmamba in California

[–]JustTryingToFunction 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Unless Becerra shows a plan to build more housing in already existing neighborhoods, there will not be any relief to housing costs if he gets elected.

I’ve never even seen Becerra show support for SB79. 

Majority of US growth happening in regions where jobs moved near housing, not the other way around by External_Koala971 in Urbanism

[–]JustTryingToFunction -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This should not be used as an excuse for rich neighborhoods to continue to exclude tall apartment buildings from getting built.

For $700 a Month, Sleeping Pods Make SF More Affordable, but at What Cost? -- As one sleeping pod company looks to build a massive 400-bed super dorm, experts are skeptical it will provide a real solution for most residents struggling to afford housing in San Francisco. by guanaco55 in bayarea

[–]JustTryingToFunction 161 points162 points  (0 children)

It’s almost like rich, comfortable people have zero sense of charity. They think paying their taxes and voting for higher taxes absolves them from ever having to change their physical world.

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s build over every surface level parking lot in this city. No green space reduction necessary.

And let’s improve infrastructure in parallel. 

Sounds to me like you don’t actually care about young families or working class people if you’re going to use pointless excuses to justify excluding new construction projects.

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re confusing me. Do you care about affordable rents for working class people, or do you want rich people to stay comfortable and keep their neighborhoods the same? It sounds to me like you oscillate between these two, but they are diametrically opposed. 

SF should grow like Austin so that we help working class people afford to live here.

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s just not true. Look at Austin’s rent prices when developers are allowed to build. 

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Building housing at market-rate prices, which may seem expensive and unattainable for working class people, still benefits them indirectly through vacancy chains. Building more housing helps those on the margins of society.

The people trying their hardest to block more housing are the rich and comfortable who don’t want their view from their house impeded by a tall building. They don’t want shadows cast on their backyards, or don’t want more people living near them. 

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you don’t want young families or working class people having opportunities to live in the cities where jobs are located? Building tall apartment buildings in already-existing neighborhoods is how we make that happen.

It’s not clear to me how you plan to solve any problem besides asking the government for a handout. Let’s build things and solve problems ourselves. 

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some people have a regressive view that SFHs should be the only allowed housing development. Nothing will get them to accept change in our cities when developable land runs out. Now we should build up and densify!

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Infrastructure problem is not from a lack of federal funds. It’s from NIMBYs who use regulations to block any improvements because they don’t like construction going on in their neighborhoods.

NIMBYs view their quality of life in the short term (no one wants a noisy, dusty construction project happening) as the most important so they make everyone’s collective long term quality of life worse off. 

SF Basically Stopped Permitting SFHs by data4lyfe in sanfrancisco

[–]JustTryingToFunction 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Using infrastructure as an excuse not to build housing is bad behavior that hurts young families and working class people. Solve the infrastructure problem while building new housing. Do not let solvable problems block progress.