The problem is NIMBYs. No one wants their view ruined so The City has height restrictions. Developers want to max out profit and only build luxury high rises

The problem is NIMBYs. No one wants their view ruined so The City has height restrictions. Developers want to max out profit and only build luxury high rises downtown. New developments in Daly City, South San Francisco, San Carlos, San Mateo, Pacifica et al. don't go anywhere because Peninsula, East Bay & South Bay suburbanites don't want to expand a borough like New York City. Comparisons to NYC are difficult because NYC is one city. To truly accomodate the demand for Bay Area housing, we can't just focus on San Francisco. Per Wikipedia, Manhattan has ~1.6MM people in ~22 sq mi of land. We need many, many more taller buildings. Try getting current landowners to change the 3 story restriction. 1. My goal for San Francisco is a diverse city The City was diverse before the tech boom. The tech boom is pushing people out. Contrast the population of San Francisco with San Jose. Why is SJ more diverse? The white, suburbanites move to SF not SJ because they want NYC on the West Coast. A city of 860k vs 8mm have much more opportunity to have diversity. Again, there needs to be coordination across multiple municipalities that simply don't want to work together. "I want to live in a beautiful, multiethnic, socioeconomically mixed community. A city where people of low, moderate, and high incomes live together, and people of different ethnicities interact." You should have moved here 20 years ago and then you would understand why long time residents hate the newcomers. 2. A little self awareness about my my role and position in San Francisco You grew up poor but aren't now. Super. 3. The cause of our housing problem is huge demand in the face of limited supply There were population exoduses for many years. The demand is relatively new problem. If you had been here in 2002, landlords were begging you to rent in SF. Granted, you graduated college in 2009 so you wouldn't know that but believe me, this is a recent problem caused by recent graduates. I want to keep responding to your posts but I'm too tired. This isn't NYC and there aren't 5 boroughs that are able to be coordinated for building codes and transportation. This isn't an easy fix and, forgive me, I find your youthful perspective insulting as you have no idea how long these issues have been brewing. Chris Daly was a big proponent of affordable housing. Read up on him.