David Campos, who is proposing this tax, is against all house building. So good luck with that happening. Campos's policies just defy rational thought. Last ye

David Campos, who is proposing this tax, is against all house building. So good luck with that happening. Campos's policies just defy rational thought. Last year he wanted to completely ban any housing construction in the Mission[1]. At the same time he's been actively campaigning and advocating for homelessness centers, and declaring a "state of emergency" for the homeless in SF[2]. I honestly can't reconcile how somebody can logically say "homelessness is terrible, we need to do something about it" followed by "we shouldn't build any houses". He wants to have his cake and eat it: complain about how the homeless are (in his words) "pushed into the Mission", and then refuse to allow any homes to be built that could potentially house them (via affordable housing requirements). This is a man who believes[3] that the recent spate of fires in the mission is a deliberate arson campaign by landlords to evict their tenants, rather than the actual reason, which is many of the buildings in the Mission are a) made of wood, b) old, and c) lack modern safety systems like sprinklers and good alarm systems. [1]: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Campos-wants-moratorium-on-new-housing-in-the-6244209.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Campos-wants-moratoriu... [2]: http://abc7news.com/news/sf-supervisor-declares-state-of-emergency-on-homelessness/1236534/ http://abc7news.com/news/sf-supervisor-declares-state-of-eme... [3]: http://www.sfexaminer.com/why-is-the-mission-burning/ http://www.sfexaminer.com/why-is-the-mission-burning/