Lurie looks to DSA to address SF housing costs; offers full package of discredited left-wing policies
SF Mayor's moderate image took a hit last week as his proposals to address high rents in city borrow broadly from far-left, anti-market playbook.
DSA ideas get elevated
The mayor’s proposed reforms include six ordinances and more than $30 million in investments, and addresses three areas fueling what he refers to as the rent emergency: protections from unwarranted evictions and “sudden rent spikes” while beefing up the city’s enforcement of tenant rights.
The mayor and several other supervisors already threw their support behind Fielder’s ordinance, but its inclusion in the rent reform packages illustrates how Lurie is embracing platforms put forth by a longtime member of the Democratic Socialists of America.--SF Gate
Lurie's plan doesn't address core problem: housing supply
“This legislative package does nothing to alleviate the fact that San Francisco has not built enough housing for the people who want to live here, which is the primary cause of the stress on the housing market that many renters are feeling today,” according to an San Francisco Apartment Ass'n (SFAA) statement.--SF Biz Times
SF business community rips finger-pointing at housing providers
“Until we stop scapegoating business, jobs and investment and start addressing the fundamental problems behind why we don’t build enough housing, we will keep revisiting this crisis every time there is an uptick in the economy and reinventing a new bogeyman to blame,” Bay Area Council spokesperson Rufus Jeffris said.
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