Zoning laws. San Francisco doesn’t optimize its land use.
Why Can’t California Solve Its Housing Crisis?
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Berniewood Hogan
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
Capitalism is the problem. 
Warren describes herself as a proud capitalist.
Warren describes herself as a proud capitalist.
Bernie owns three homes.Capitalism is the problem.
Warren describes herself as a proud capitalist.
Berniewood Hogan
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
Your god has eight arms.
General Mills
More often than not I tend to take that L.
It's bad in San Diego, the homeless are growing and a common sight in all of downtown, and (we) just have to walk past, walk over, and walk around people nodded off, passed out, in medical distress, and there isn't a lot to be done. People are sleeping in cars at much higher rates up and down the metropolitan areas, and the coastal ones. There are low income housing buildings being built, but not enough, and not fast enough, plus that is two some what separate demographics, the homeless vs the Section 8 housing vs the low income.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
NIMBY'ism + the fact that california wasn't built for the density that's seen on the east coast cities - from us being a car-focused culture (BART is so shytty compared to other subway systems), to our housing stock - lots of SFH, apartments are small to mid size complexes, infrastructure, and culture - a lot of folks don't want to see the bay area become a urban jungle like NYC. but the wave of migration for the past 20 years is stressing everything and demands that.
the only way to solve it, IMO, other than the blanket "build more" is to start demanding that these companies locate in different parts of the bay, have xx% of telecommuting jobs, create more satellite offices to spread their workforce around, and....incentivize some of these companies to leave the region once they grow to a certain size. most the companies are still located from SF down the peninsula to San Jose/Sunnyvale. No reason companies can't HQ themselves in places like Novato, Fairfield, Concord, Brentwood, and move more into Pleasanton, Livermore, etc.
the only way to solve it, IMO, other than the blanket "build more" is to start demanding that these companies locate in different parts of the bay, have xx% of telecommuting jobs, create more satellite offices to spread their workforce around, and....incentivize some of these companies to leave the region once they grow to a certain size. most the companies are still located from SF down the peninsula to San Jose/Sunnyvale. No reason companies can't HQ themselves in places like Novato, Fairfield, Concord, Brentwood, and move more into Pleasanton, Livermore, etc.
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dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
it is far from jobs....wtf! that's the issue, jobs are located all in the same place driving up demand. a 15 mile commute out here can easily take 40 minutes, the places that are full of open land are spots where there won't be jobs, you'd be looking at 2+ hour commutes (which is already a thing just to go 40 miles), then you also end up with depressed communities like stockton, fresno, and bakersfieldGovt needs to step in and federally mandate open land that can't be developed upon for exorbant prices... Allow townships to develop. There are places in California where it's nothing but open land why not just build there???
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I’m not Indian.Your god has eight arms.
And you’re allergic to the sun.
the next guy
Superstar
These places need to develop local transit too. Especially Livermore, Pleasanton and Fairfield.
1. If your job can’t sustain a certain standard of living it’s worthless and you probably can get that same job in a place that’s more affordable.
2. Moving while homeless doesn’t cost much to move. If you sleep in your car in San Jose you can sleep in your car on the way to wherever you’re going. And sleep in your car when you get there. And sleep in your car until you find an affordable place to live.
3. If you can’t sustain with your social circle you should make a better life by finding a new one. In a new place.
Foreigners leave their entire country and way of life for a better life. Somehow we can’t move to another state to better ourselves? I don’t get it.
ORDER_66
I am The Wrench in all your plans....
My dude you think that commute is crazy imagining living on long island and commuting into the city for work everyday...
only problem here in NYC is that long island isn't cheap it's kinda expensive too so you commuting to work but paying these property taxes just cause you don't want to live near the negros in the hood... White flight built long island now they are paying for it literally...People commute everyday to work out here so you talking about 40 minutes shyt sometimes it takes a hour...
Berniewood Hogan
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
Tons of people do that. It's gotten to the point that a growing number of people cannot even afford that option. They don't choose to be homeless. They're in a fukked money situation.
What should we do about it? Nothing?