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Yes, production increases when incentivized by high prices. That’s the core of how markets are in any way useful.

The only meaningful difference between luxury and affordable housing is whether it’s allocated to the highest bidder or randomly among low bidders.

High-end apartments is still more housing. People moving into the high-end apartments will leave some other, perhaps cheaper apartments free.

In sf generally 15-30% of units built in a high end apartment building need to be affordable units.

So why restrict the measure for teacher and affordable income housing.

This measure could end up creating a ghetto.

You can pass rent controls as a separate measure. But I think adding high-end apartments will still open up some of the regular apartments and lower prices.