I think it's directly related to how easy it is to get support for specific policies. It's easy to rally the people around the idea that "it's AirBnB's fault".

I think it's directly related to how easy it is to get support for specific policies. It's easy to rally the people around the idea that "it's AirBnB's fault". Compare that to the reality that in order to solve housing you need to build more houses, and to do that you have to simplify and speed up permitting, allow more multi-unit housing next to existing housing, existing home owner's properties may not go up in value indefinitely and many will decrease in value, etc. That's a much tougher sell. Also look a the politicians' incentives. Voters are more likely to understand and have an emotional response to AirBnB being banned than the permit process being sped up by 50%.