I'd cheer if the construction netted more units. I recognize that we need more housing. The plans described in the article are not doing that and are in fact, l

I'd cheer if the construction netted more units. I recognize that we need more housing. The plans described in the article are not doing that and are in fact, leaving us with fewer units. Calling these plans stupid has nothing to do with anti-gentrification sentiment - this is mathematically making the situation worse. > Not those who already got theirs and want to keep the rest out I agree. So maybe let's start by repealing Prop 13 so that everyone pays similar property taxes. Let's also start ending single-family zoning, minimum lot sizes, and minimum parking requirements. > For every person occupying a rent controlled home, that's one unit of housing unavailable to someone else For every person occupying a single family home bought 30 years ago, paying low property taxes locked in with Prop 13, that's 2-4 unites of housing unavailable to someone else.