The really frustrating part being they don't need to become Manhattan to keep prices under control. If the areas zoned for single family in the Bay had been rai

The really frustrating part being they don't need to become Manhattan to keep prices under control. If the areas zoned for single family in the Bay had been raised to 3-4 stories and multi-unit 30 years ago you could have tripled or quadrupled the number of people living in San Francisco without the need for any high rises. Human-scale neighbourhoods would still dominate the city. All the growth of the city could have been easily absorbed without high rises if mixed use mid rise development was allowed. The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, but the next best time is now and California is finally deciding to plant some trees.