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The article is not well argued, yes. But there is direct evidence that politicians are influencing corporations to alter return to office policies: - Mayor of
by deet 3y ago
The article is not well argued, yes.
But there is direct evidence that politicians are influencing corporations to alter return to office policies:
- Mayor of SF asking businesses to pledge to implement RTO policies: https://sfist.com/2022/03/03/mayor-breed-would-like-you-back-downtown-working-in-the-office-again-thank-you-very-much/ https://sfist.com/2022/03/03/mayor-breed-would-like-you-back...
- Mayor of NYC basically doing the same: https://archive.is/si6xd https://archive.is/si6xd
- aaomidi 3y agoHappened in Redmond too
- symlinkk 3y ago2nd link is broken
- hodgesrm 3y ago> But there is direct evidence that politicians are influencing corporations to alter return to office policies: But no evidence that this is related to property values alone or even in large part. SF is desperate to ensure the downtown does not enter a full-on doom loop which would impact all businesses as well as anyone who lives there or visits regularly. [0] Other knock-on effects include BART facing severe financial problems due to low ridership. They want people back any way they can get them so San Francisco does not end up like Detroit. [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-crime-downtown-doom-loop-e5fcd7ba https://www.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-crime-downtown-do...
- hodgesrm 3y agop.s., Rather than downvoting it would be more productive to supply evidence of contrary views. I'm happy to be proven wrong. It happens constantly.
- caskstrength 3y agoYou were probably down-voted because your comment reads like you think that is okay to treat unwilling people like cash cows to prop SF's downtown and mass transit. That is doubly ironic coming from S-fucking-"we don't want you tech bros gentrifying our city"-F officials.
- rhaway84773 3y agoNeither mayor has any power to affect this. Further, the SF link is from March of last year. The WFH push didn’t start until earlier this year, coinciding with the softening job market.
- camgunz 3y agoOf course they do, permits, fines, taxes, etc. Remember when Amazon was shopping cities for HQ2? Just think of that in reverse.
- deet 3y agoCan't edit the post now, but if the second link is broken it was meant to point to this: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-30/wall-street-needs-pact-to-get-new-yorkers-in-offices-adams-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-30/wall-stre... Here's another related one: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/02/17/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-calls-for-companies-to-quickly-bring-workers-back-to-the-office/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/02/17/new-york-c...