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Re:Can a new mayor fix San Francisco’s housing and homelessn... by pascalxus on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:59PM (#17200200)
NIMBYs and all the regulations that prevent building are far far more powerful than anything else. Not even god himself could get anything built here. I suspect it's because there are multiple layers of regulation, it's not just one ruleset, it's many many things: CEQA, zoning, NIMBYs, lawsuits against developers, etc, etc.

Not to mention, stopping construction is a majority held opinion. In voting pamphlets, politicians actually brag about how much construction they've stopped: I can only imagine it's because the majority agrees with that.

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Re:Can a new mayor fix San Francisco’s housing and homelessn... by hcknwscommenter on Thursday May 31, 2018 @06:28PM (#17200886)
> Not even god himself could get anything built here.

Approximately 64,000 housing units, 31 million sq.ft. of commercial space & 25 hotels with 4685 rooms are now in the SF new construction pipeline - with 5700 units, 10 million sq.ft. and 5 hotels currently under construction. https://www.paragon-re.com/trend/new-housing-construction-in...

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