SF is not special or unique at all and the rich and poor do not agree on housing policy. Both groups are looking out for their immediate near term interests. T

SF is not special or unique at all and the rich and poor do not agree on housing policy. Both groups are looking out for their immediate near term interests. The rich want to maintain their low density single family neighbourhoods exactly as they were when they bought into them. The poor simply want to keep their current home and have it not torn down, as every other apartment is almost certain to be dramatically more expensive to rent than their current one. If the city suggested building mid rise buildings with a percentage of below market units in leafy rich neighbourhoods far from low income areas you'd see that low income persons would be quite happy about this development. The rich wouldn't be. Of course this is almost never the case. Rich homeowners vote in greater numbers and have the time and capacity to fight back, and so what we see is that the areas first in line for redevelopment are almost always low income areas (ie. The Mission) while rich ultra low density areas are left untouched.