Re:Google Bus Protesters’ Manifesto: ‘Get Out of Oakland’
by sliverstorm on Friday January 10, 2014 @05:30PM
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Abolishing rent control might be the big-picture answer, but in the micro- scheme, the protestors will never rally for that.
They really don't have a winning play that I can think of; the spat is basically just them lashing out at the only thing they can think to lash out at. They are in the unenviable position of living at low cost in low density housing in a locality that is shooting up in value, and all they can do is attempt to forestall the inevitable.
Re:Google Bus Protesters’ Manifesto: ‘Get Out of Oakland’
by waps on Friday January 10, 2014 @08:45PM
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Or they can get elected and introduce more rent control.
Re:Google Bus Protesters’ Manifesto: ‘Get Out of Oakland’
by sliverstorm on Friday January 10, 2014 @11:42PM
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More rent control doesn't help them. Rent control for everybody means the wealthy pay less on rent too. Rent control for only the poor doesn't work, and Section 8 is too unpopular for them to roll out a widespread program like that for everybody who doesn't work for Google.
Re:Google Bus Protesters’ Manifesto: ‘Get Out of Oakland’
by refurb on Friday January 10, 2014 @05:33PM
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It's an issue in SF as well. NY Times article states that 27% of individuals in rent controlled units make more than $107K/yr.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/us/san-francisco-rent-cont...
Re:Google Bus Protesters’ Manifesto: ‘Get Out of Oakland’
by fennecfoxen on Friday January 10, 2014 @05:32PM
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> NYC? I hear nightmare stores of their issues.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.
Back in the 70's, Berkeley, a close neighbor, decided that rent control was the answer. It turns out that it helped, but it had too many unintended consequences (people living in $200 nice apartments for decades when they made really good money, thus completely defeating the purpose of rent control).
So, rent control didn't work, at least not in the way it was done in Berkeley. Did it work in SF? Doesn't seem to have. NYC? I hear nightmare stores of their issues.
It's the dialog of the greater problems we need to have, not these stupid little fights.