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> It's also about entire city cores becoming entirely reserved for wealthy people. If that were true, rent control and Prop 13 would have means-testing, and le

by raldi 11y ago

> It's also about entire city cores becoming entirely reserved for wealthy people. If that were true, rent control and Prop 13 would have means-testing, and leave seniority completely out of the equation. Because they do not, they're actually about benefitting the establishment (even if wealthy) at the expense of newcomers (even if poor).

mbrock 11y ago
I don't deny that there are other forces at work too... and I'm not only talking about California.
- raldi 11y ago
  Do you know of any city that uses means testing?
  - mbrock 11y ago
    No, but I don't claim that rent control regulations are specifically or well designed for resisting the type of gentrification-induced problems I described.