> Funny that there's not a single mention in the article about natives and long-time locals who have constantly voted against new construction or any progressiv

> Funny that there's not a single mention in the article about natives and long-time locals who have constantly voted against new construction or any progressive housing measure, which is the root cause of the crisis to begin with Not only is there political opposition to housing that the article omits, but the two quoted “affordable housing advocates” (Chirag Bhakta and John Elberling) themselves demonize privately constructed housing and are complicit in exacerbating the housing shortage. Though to be fair, they have their own theories of how they think new housing causes gentrification, and they typically try to encumber developers with low-income housing requirements and other community benefits rather than opposing new housing for the sake of benefiting incumbent landlords. In particular, John Elberling has been the biggest proponent of increasing low-income housing requirements in new construction up to the point where apartment buildings are expected to be only marginally feasible (https://sfcontroller.org/inclusionary-housing-technical-advisory-committee https://sfcontroller.org/inclusionary-housing-technical-advi...), and he dismisses the effect that this would have on preventing new housing. He also opposed with farcical arguments statewide upzoning that would have allowed more construction in wealthy neighborhoods (opposed SB 827 https://www.facebook.com/TODCOgroup/posts/435262493564720 https://www.facebook.com/TODCOgroup/posts/435262493564720 and opposed SB 50 https://48hills.org/2019/12/supes-to-vote-on-wieners-development-bill/ https://48hills.org/2019/12/supes-to-vote-on-wieners-develop...).