Permits and 1k days of meetings: How bureaucracy fuels SF’s housing crisis

sfchronicle.com

4 pointsLastNevadan5 comments

If housing prices drop, it's a crisis for homeowners.

If housing prices increase, it's a crisis for would-be buyers and renters.

It depends on which perspective you have.

The (home) owner class has a much louder voice.

When the stock indexes go up (get more expensive) it is business as usual. When they go down, its doom and gloom everywhere.

I'd argue that the renter and would-be buyers base has a much louder voice in mainstream media in San Francisco.

Is that why so many new buildings have been built in the last 10-15 years?

Homeowners don't talk much in the mass media. But they're more savvy when it comes to regulations.