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Re:S.F. ballot measure would severely limit short-term rentals by wpietri on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @03:24PM (#7675714)
It's combined through a complicated weighting function, and we can certainly argue about that function.

But I'll note that just last year there were a pair of ballot propositions where circa 2/3rds of voters rejected raising height limits for a big new project:

http://ballotpedia.org/8_Washington_Street_Development-Initi...

And having lived here quite a while, I'm sure it's not only wealthy landlords who are opposed to unrestricted high-rise development.

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Re:S.F. ballot measure would severely limit short-term rentals by mrgordon on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @09:55PM (#7677759)
I don't buy this argument at all. They were proposing to build 134 condos at $5 million each. That isn't increasing the housing supply (much), it is giving away the one-of-a-kind waterfront for some pied-à-terres for rich out of state buyers.
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