San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartments in 73.5% of the city

Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by greedo on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:31PM (#17569538)

A mere electoral trick. Do you think people living in the US on guest/student/h1B visas should be able to vote in US elections? The loops people seem to go through whenever landowners and their representatives do something that the have-nots don't like is amazing.

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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by conanbatt on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:46PM (#17570113)

I believe many things, but people working and living in SF are paying taxes in SF and are not able to vote on local issues that affect either their taxation, their permanence and their quality of life in the very place.

Countries have declared independence protesting taxation without representation.

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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by greedo on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:46PM (#17571349)

If they're living in SF, they can vote in local elections. If they don't live in SF, they shouldn't be able to; unless you're advocating for overturning centuries of how voting is conducted.

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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by conanbatt on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:11PM (#17571460)

Foreigners and people living in the east bay and commuting to SF pay SF taxes but dont vote. What kind of person works in SF and lives outside SF? The kind that would vote against anything restricting housing supply.

But this is now a red-herring. Arguing that its justifiable because the voting has resulted into this can only be contested with a vote, not with any other argument like "destroy the city" or "good for whatever X". Is a pure political power argument.

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