I hear you on local sourcing but they mentioned it last and didn’t quantify the impact. The stalled project mentioned in the Chronicle article was approved in u

I hear you on local sourcing but they mentioned it last and didn’t quantify the impact. The stalled project mentioned in the Chronicle article was approved in under two years, not five. So I don’t think these are strong points vs what the source clearly emphasizes as the primary driver of labor cost: “number of workers relative to the number of units being built is still below the historical average.” Which would be exacerbated if workers cannot afford to live in the region. I once saw a map set that visualized where you could transit to in various metros in under an hour from an affordable neighborhood. Even in NYC you could get to most of Manhattan, from the outskirts of Brooklyn or Queens. SF really stood out. You could only reach a few blocks around the BART stops. The whole city is cut off from a labor supply. It’s affecting staffing at restaurants and retail too — Nopa advertises for cooks in its menu because who wants to ride a motorcycle to San Leandro at 3am.