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I'd love to see someone with land exempt from regulations (e.g. the federal government) declare: 1) Vibrant tech/startup sector is critical to US national secu
by rdl 11y ago
I'd love to see someone with land exempt from regulations (e.g. the federal government) declare:
1) Vibrant tech/startup sector is critical to US national security and economic prosperity
2) SFBA is critical to the success of US tech/startups
3) Housing costs are a major impediment to tech/startups
4) High-density housing to be constructed on federal land (and/or federal preemption used to build housing elsewhere).
Doing this as a private entity would be a bit more interesting -- I wonder what happens if you either drop serious dollars to take over one of the smaller towns in the Bay Area (campaigning and/or moving people into high density housing for a while to get residency to vote).
Straight civil disobedience (unpermitted live work) also happens, but doing it at the scale needed would be a bit more challenging. Probably crazy libertarian fantasy to build a supertall in downtown SF on your own land in direct defiance of the local government, unless you're state/federal.
- plonh 11y agoWhy is SFBA sacrosanct? Open a startup in Kansas City.