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Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups by pj_mukh on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:16PM (#14822171)
Oakland...takes a harder line against gentrification than most other parts of the Bay [1].

[1] http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/07/oakland-blaze-looks-su...

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Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups by kevinburke on Saturday July 22, 2017 @02:10AM (#14825687)
The fires are unfortunate but Oakland has approved a lot more market rate housing than SF or surrounding cities have, in part because rents have been appreciating more quickly than in SF. Oakland also wants to do more for housing.
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