In SF, literally everyone has a voice and its terrible! A single citizen can seemingly delay any project indefinitely for a few hundred dollars. I have heard s

In SF, literally everyone has a voice and its terrible! A single citizen can seemingly delay any project indefinitely for a few hundred dollars. I have heard stories of land owners being denied permits to build on their property (including vacant lots) for up to a decade when their proposal meets all zoning restrictions and codes. Perhaps, apocryphal, but surely not far from the truth because SF has no right to build. Japantown and the Western Addition at large were total disasters of course, but of late, urban planning has resurrected Hayes Valley and the Embarcadero against the wishes of the locals and only with the help of an earthquake! I would argue that SV is in desperate need of disruption.