While you have personally are benefitted from SF's rent control laws be aware it has had many perverse effects: - Higher rents for everyone else, less affordab

While you have personally are benefitted from SF's rent control laws be aware it has had many perverse effects: - Higher rents for everyone else, less affordability overall - Reduced new constructions (even higher rents, fewer working class jobs) - Increased vacancy (9.7% vacant [1]) - Reduced maintenance - Lock-in (you move you lose) - Endless litigation and political disputes - Side effects (condos, TICs, Ellis Act, affordable housing) [1] http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP04/0400000US06|0500000US06075 http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/D... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_control_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_control_in_the_United_Sta... [3] http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-08-09/news/the-case-for-ending-rent-control/ http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-08-09/news/the-case-for-ending-... [4] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/us/san-francisco-rent-control-and-unintended-consequences.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/us/san-francisco-rent-cont...