Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership
by Decade on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @02:26AM
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So, we need to vote. San Francisco’s stupid direct democracy system means 14% of registered voters voting in an off-year primary election (June 2014) are now forcing everybody else to have to come out to vote yes on Proposition D this November in order for the Mission Rock housing project to get off the ground.
We also need to defeat Proposition I. A moratorium on new housing permits along with more “studies” is exactly not what we need in this housing crisis.
I haven’t looked at the other propositions enough to have an opinion to relay about those, yet. However, you can be sure that the anti-growth voters will be out in force, and we need to come out and vote for more housing.
Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership
by mahyarm on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @01:48PM
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Problem is, something like %40 of the bay area are immigrants, and a good chunk of them cannot vote. I don't even know if it would be legal for them to participate in the political process through promotions and so on.
Maybe a proposition to allow immigrants to vote in city politics might be good too.
Those scared that building up will lower their property values need to relax. Population density will bring more value and thus more desire to live in an area raising the property values of locals. A house that sells for 1.5 million right now could be sitting on a piece of land worth 50 million if a high rise wanted to use it.