> There are people working for the City of SF who know economics, but that doesn't mean the people passing the laws do > Instead, we have extremely vocal NIMBY

> There are people working for the City of SF who know economics, but that doesn't mean the people passing the laws do > Instead, we have extremely vocal NIMBYs who lobby to get laws passed that benefit the rich minority of residents and harm everyone else. The politicians understand economics perfectly well, they just know who puts food on their table.