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The law doesn't forbid you from selling to a developer. It's not about personal property and who you can sell to. You can sell to whoever you like. Local plann

The law doesn't forbid you from selling to a developer. It's not about personal property and who you can sell to. You can sell to whoever you like. Local planning code determines what can and can't be done, not who you can sell to. This is true everywhere. And I actually don't think eminent domain (over time) is a terrible idea. Make the area around Golden Gate Park look like Central Park and your housing problem is solved.

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The law doesn’t forbid you from selling to a developer, but the law does forbid the developer from turning a single-unit house into an apartment. Or even a duplex, a lot of the time. Just look at the zoning maps. Around Golden Gate Park, the height limit is 40 feet, and a lot of it is single-family zoning. http://sf-planning.org/zoning-maps http://sf-planning.org/zoning-maps A lot of the time, it is more practical to take that single-family house and turn it into a fancy single-family house. Satisfying gentrification. https://sf.curbed.com/2018/4/25/17277290/glen-park-home-expensive-over-asking-price https://sf.curbed.com/2018/4/25/17277290/glen-park-home-expe...
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