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Important context for reading this is that sf.citi is Ron Conway's organization through which he acts as a political power broker and secures political favors f
by mbgerring 5y ago
Important context for reading this is that sf.citi is Ron Conway's organization through which he acts as a political power broker and secures political favors for the tech industry. It is in his interest to create the impression that the tech industry in SF is experiencing some kind of crisis in order to extract money, tax breaks or other favorable treatment from the Board of Supervisors.
- x0x0 5y agoI'm pretty happy for anyone to hammer on this fact over and over again... > Between 2010 and 2018, San Francisco produced only one new unit of housing for every 8.5 new jobs. ps -- "securing [sic] political favors for the tech industry"... that's loaded language to refer to industry lobbying. And sf has received an enormous amount of money for the tech industry; I think it will have a really rough time if / as the industry starts locating elsewhere.
- fairity 5y agoPerhaps worth mentioning that the fact that someone has a hidden agenda doesn't automatically make everything they say incorrect. In this case, the article tells its story through various statistics that seem to not be cherry-picked.