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> I’ve come to understand that economic-justice arguments on both sides are really ex post facto rationalizations for beliefs like “we should live in houses and
by pcwalton 9y ago
> I’ve come to understand that economic-justice arguments on both sides are really ex post facto rationalizations for beliefs like “we should live in houses and drive” vs. “we should live in condos and take transit.”
Yeah, unfortunately I think this is basically true. You can almost perfectly predict whether someone supports SB 827 based on whether they prefer single family homes or urban density.
- davidw 9y agoThe crazy thing is that you can prefer to live in a SFH yourself and still be in favor of letting the market add density. If you already have a SFH, no one will make you move.
- pcwalton 9y agoWell, unless you're renting the home and your landlord evicts you to make room for a condo building. This would be an uncommon situation, but evicting low-income tenants of low-density apartments to make room for higher-end high-density condos is a related, and legitimate, concern. The bill should probably continue to be amended to make sure this doesn't happen. Note that this concern is basically irrelevant to all the Bay Area suburbs like Palo Alto that have virtually no low-income tenants to begin with, as well as San Francisco, which is essentially completely gentrified at this point.
- kspaans 9y agoOr if your land gets up-zoned and suddenly is worth 3x as much, and your property taxes go up accordingly (if you don't live in CA at least).