Disclaimer: I don't live in SF or Bay Area, but visit for work often. That said, I do live in a place that is fairly constrained on new development, but not as

Disclaimer: I don't live in SF or Bay Area, but visit for work often. That said, I do live in a place that is fairly constrained on new development, but not as badly as SF. For my part, the lifestyle that makes both of these places so appealing includes a certain level of density, but not much more than that. It's hard for me to fault people who bought their properties for defending the lifestyle they bought into. On the commercial use of prop 13, I would tend to agree that it's not the best idea today. I am entirely against means testing and such for personal uses, including non-primary residences. A simple use case for non-primary residence non-commercial use is if one is taking care of elderly parents. Should the parents be forced out of their home because their child happens to own the property? This is not commercial use to me either, unless rent is being charged of course.