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Obligatory reminder: If you care about housing in the Bay Area, register to vote now. Scott Wiener is a housing and transportation advocate running for State Se

Obligatory reminder: If you care about housing in the Bay Area, register to vote now. Scott Wiener is a housing and transportation advocate running for State Senate in this election. http://registertovote.ca.gov/ http://registertovote.ca.gov/ Show up to Planning Commission and Board of Supervisor meetings. Participate in public comment. We all talk about how NIMBYs rule SF, it's because they show up in full force at these gatherings.

forgotmysn 10y ago
the SF Planning Commission holds their public meetings on Thursdays at Noon. They don't want people to come
- mahyarm 10y ago
  More the unemployed and retired.
  - api 10y ago
    The retired. Most boomers have most of their savings in real estate.
ASinclair 10y ago
I'm not sure if it's too late but consider registering as a Democrat so you can vote on the DCCC appointments since the DCCC endorsements have a fair amount of sway in elections. See: http://www.sfyimby.org/slate/ http://www.sfyimby.org/slate/ Though feel free to vote as you wish.
fsaneq2 10y ago
Out of curiosity, is there a way for a non-citizen to vote? I see the logic of requiring you to be a citizen, but it does nevertheless feel a little unfair -- I live here too, and I pay my taxes like everyone else.
- hkmurakami 10y ago
  Apparently it depends on the state (within the United States). For California, it appears that Citizenship is required. Some states seem to have substantially lower requirements.
mgraczyk 10y ago
Scott Wiener seems to be a big part of the problem in terms of increasing the regulatory burden on new development. Have I missed something in his actual record that indicates he is removing restrictions on new housing development?
- mikeyouse 10y ago
  Wiener is really good on housing, much better than the Peskin group of Supes. Read his post when he came out against the Mission Moratorium to get a sense of his housing views: http://www.scottwiener.com/more_affordable_housing_not_a_housing_moratorium_is_what_we_need_in_san_francisco http://www.scottwiener.com/more_affordable_housing_not_a_hou... Alternatively, read his post on Medium titled, "Yes, Supply & Demand Apply to Housing, Even in San Francisco": https://medium.com/@Scott_Wiener/yes-supply-demand-apply-to-housing-even-in-san-francisco-193c1b0c190f#.b56wxd854 https://medium.com/@Scott_Wiener/yes-supply-demand-apply-to-... > These trends are exactly why the supply-and-demand deniers pose such a significant challenge to actually fixing our housing problem. As we work hard to try to produce new housing — through market-produced housing, below-market-rate housing, new types of housing such as co-housing and micro-units, and more flexibility toward in-law units — we have a vocal and influential set of advocates pronouncing that we shouldn’t even bother to build market-produced housing, since, according to them, doing so won’t lower housing costs and may even raise housing costs. This argument, to the extent it succeeds, not only reduces the amount of housing produced in San Francisco but actually slows the production of below-market-rate housing, since market-produced housing, through our inclusionary housing program, is the most significant source of new affordable units coming online.
  - mgraczyk 10y ago
    As I said, these essays propose and defend additional restrictions on building new housing. His restrictions are slightly less sinister than moratoriums, and come in the form of affordable housing requirements. He is still adding regulatory burden to the legal code, just slightly less burden than some of his peers have proposed. I'd also like to point out that Wiener strongly advocated solar panel and beautification requirements for new construction. Requiring solar panels on homes is a great way to pat yourself on the back, but not a great way to generate electricity. Let's build solar power plants, not require every new apartment to cover it's roof in panels regardless of the economic sensibility of doing so.
guelo 10y ago
Gentrification step 13: vote out the pre-existing population's preferred politicians and install new "free market" policies (since the "free market" works in favor of the people with the money the new policies will benefit the richer new comers).
- owlmonkey 10y ago
  Building is the one variable of the three he cites that is reasonable to encourage IMO. But the pre-existing population here has demonstrated a clear disdain for building. So who is really to blame then for the inflation and displacement and thereby the gentrification?
- eru 10y ago
  What's wrong with gentrification?

forgotmysn 10y ago

the SF Planning Commission holds their public meetings on Thursdays at Noon. They don't want people to come

mahyarm 10y ago
More the unemployed and retired.
- api 10y ago
  The retired. Most boomers have most of their savings in real estate.

ASinclair 10y ago

I'm not sure if it's too late but consider registering as a Democrat so you can vote on the DCCC appointments since the DCCC endorsements have a fair amount of sway in elections. See: http://www.sfyimby.org/slate/ http://www.sfyimby.org/slate/ Though feel free to vote as you wish.

fsaneq2 10y ago

Out of curiosity, is there a way for a non-citizen to vote? I see the logic of requiring you to be a citizen, but it does nevertheless feel a little unfair -- I live here too, and I pay my taxes like everyone else.

hkmurakami 10y ago
Apparently it depends on the state (within the United States). For California, it appears that Citizenship is required. Some states seem to have substantially lower requirements.

mgraczyk 10y ago

Scott Wiener seems to be a big part of the problem in terms of increasing the regulatory burden on new development. Have I missed something in his actual record that indicates he is removing restrictions on new housing development?

mikeyouse 10y ago
Wiener is really good on housing, much better than the Peskin group of Supes. Read his post when he came out against the Mission Moratorium to get a sense of his housing views: http://www.scottwiener.com/more_affordable_housing_not_a_housing_moratorium_is_what_we_need_in_san_francisco http://www.scottwiener.com/more_affordable_housing_not_a_hou... Alternatively, read his post on Medium titled, "Yes, Supply & Demand Apply to Housing, Even in San Francisco": https://medium.com/@Scott_Wiener/yes-supply-demand-apply-to-housing-even-in-san-francisco-193c1b0c190f#.b56wxd854 https://medium.com/@Scott_Wiener/yes-supply-demand-apply-to-... > These trends are exactly why the supply-and-demand deniers pose such a significant challenge to actually fixing our housing problem. As we work hard to try to produce new housing — through market-produced housing, below-market-rate housing, new types of housing such as co-housing and micro-units, and more flexibility toward in-law units — we have a vocal and influential set of advocates pronouncing that we shouldn’t even bother to build market-produced housing, since, according to them, doing so won’t lower housing costs and may even raise housing costs. This argument, to the extent it succeeds, not only reduces the amount of housing produced in San Francisco but actually slows the production of below-market-rate housing, since market-produced housing, through our inclusionary housing program, is the most significant source of new affordable units coming online.
- mgraczyk 10y ago
  As I said, these essays propose and defend additional restrictions on building new housing. His restrictions are slightly less sinister than moratoriums, and come in the form of affordable housing requirements. He is still adding regulatory burden to the legal code, just slightly less burden than some of his peers have proposed. I'd also like to point out that Wiener strongly advocated solar panel and beautification requirements for new construction. Requiring solar panels on homes is a great way to pat yourself on the back, but not a great way to generate electricity. Let's build solar power plants, not require every new apartment to cover it's roof in panels regardless of the economic sensibility of doing so.

guelo 10y ago

Gentrification step 13: vote out the pre-existing population's preferred politicians and install new "free market" policies (since the "free market" works in favor of the people with the money the new policies will benefit the richer new comers).

owlmonkey 10y ago
Building is the one variable of the three he cites that is reasonable to encourage IMO. But the pre-existing population here has demonstrated a clear disdain for building. So who is really to blame then for the inflation and displacement and thereby the gentrification?
eru 10y ago
What's wrong with gentrification?