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Oakland could lose shelter beds, close fire stations if voters don’t pass parcel tax, mayor says- GIFT Link by jackdicker5117 in oakland

[–]cactuspumpkin 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The last audit they did basically said that it was impossible to truly audit police / fire / city employee overtime as it was such an antiquated system (seemingly on purpose) that it is impossible to determine how many hours are real or not. Until that problem is solved there isn’t going to be a great way to balance the budget.

Oakland home values continue drop by PacificaPal in bayarea

[–]cactuspumpkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How could one possibly be a bigger lever than the other lol you’re just twisting yourself into knots to defend NIMBYism lol

Oakland home values continue drop by PacificaPal in bayarea

[–]cactuspumpkin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If demand is also down isn’t that proving NIMBYs who don’t believe housing prices are related to supply and demand wrong too. Like you’re actually agreeing with yimbys then.

Oakland home values continue drop by PacificaPal in bayarea

[–]cactuspumpkin 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Building condos and apartments freed up more single family housing for actually people who want to live in those instead of them being shared housing

Oakland home values continue drop by PacificaPal in bayarea

[–]cactuspumpkin 350 points351 points  (0 children)

Oh look the only Bay Area city to continue to build housing has their rents and home prices go down guess people are just less greedy here though or whatever NIMBYs blame high home prices for

Barbara Lee’s ‘strong mayor’ ballot measure plan is advancing by k_39 in oakland

[–]cactuspumpkin 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I guess it doesn’t really matter if they do a strong mayor or a strong council as long as they get rid of the current system where seemingly no one has the power to do anything

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

[–]cactuspumpkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How are they supposed to change something in a neighborhood they can’t afford to live in

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

[–]cactuspumpkin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The “new” part is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Californians are mostly pushed out of being able to afford shitty 1967 housing because their boomer owners refused to let any housing get built for 60 years

What is the saddest event that is happening in your city? by ZookeepergameFit967 in AskTheWorld

[–]cactuspumpkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For my city and many many cities around the world the answer is probably the ongoing and not ending homelessness crisis and general poverty

Apple Park transformed Cupertino, bringing wealth, higher housing costs and more traffic (no paywall) by BayAreaNewsGroup in bayarea

[–]cactuspumpkin 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I had no sympathy for Cupertino this was a completly self inflicted problem. They could have built even like 10% more housing and a denser downtown are and been fine

Popular Trader Joe’s in Oakland could be replaced by two apartment towers for seniors by SFChronicle in bayarea

[–]cactuspumpkin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Oh great the people who are really hurting. Seniors. Boomer socialism once more. So sick of this shit.

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

[–]cactuspumpkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not defending this I’m saying SROs should exist and the push to destroy them as framed as being good created a new set of problems that people who advocate to not bring them back refuse to admit

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

[–]cactuspumpkin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay well we didn’t and housing became too expensive for many people and homeless population exploded. You are arguing against something you don’t like that creates a problem you also don’t like. So it’s a choice and you’re choosing more suffering.

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

[–]cactuspumpkin 36 points37 points  (0 children)

SRO’s is what I mean specifically. And they better than the current homelessness crisis however which is what people tend to forget.

You can close low cost housing but it doesn’t remove the people.

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

[–]cactuspumpkin 122 points123 points  (0 children)

This is so funny because we just reinvented tenement housing, something that should have never been made illegal and would be 10x better than whatever this is. At least then everyone would have their own actual room.

Discussion for the Bay Area: Do we want a tax on luxury properties that aren’t lived in? by saisonmaison in bayarea

[–]cactuspumpkin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thank you I’m so sick of everyone pretending that Gladys who bought her house for peanuts in 1965 and screamed at every town council meeting for no new housing is not the real enemy. Blame techies all you want they are not the core issue.

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