Re:Can a new mayor fix San Francisco’s housing and homelessn...
by rhizome on Friday June 01, 2018 @10:31PM
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Well, now you're moving the goalposts, but doesn't everybody have to vote where the voting devices are? Beyond that, your hypothetical is pretty loaded.
Re:Can a new mayor fix San Francisco’s housing and homelessn...
by conanbatt on Saturday June 02, 2018 @11:58AM
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Of the group of people available to vote in the city, homeonwners will have a higher participation than renters that can vote. Becuse the latter need to match their residency with the vote, and even then, they dont know as much of the issue as the local, and even then, they dont have the same interest. (the time horizon of a renter could be 2 years, of a landlord its decades).
Thats why I devised that mental exercise: if you gathered up all the poeple that lived over 1 year in san francisco in the last 10 years, which one do you think is in the majority? pro-supply, con-supply?
Lets look at the big picture: if everyone that lived in san francisco in the last 10 years voted to build more or to stop building, what would be the resulting of such a vote?
I think the answer is obvious. And the fact that it isnt, is just lack of representation.