If you won't vote for John Cox and you don't like Gavin Newsom...

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by spoonman1

Oh my goodness, only 90% of new developments are “market rate housing “. We’d better have the government build and manage 100% of housing. Maybe Gavin Newsom can erect Soviet style apartment blocks run by the government once he is elected by the critical thinkers in California.

What we do need is for the government to build and manage all affordable housing, and stop expecting private landlords to subsidize it with rent control on private landlords. And stop allowing developers to build more for-profit housing with government funds under the guise of supposedly building more affordable housing.

So, we almost, sort of agree.

[JustMike77]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaGal

I will be voting for Cox.

Originally Posted by SFBayBoomer

And this born & raised California girl will be canceling out your vote.

And I'll be cancelling out your cancellation.

[anrev]

Originally Posted by NoMoreSnowForMe

More building actually does not mean cheaper housing. That's a PR stunt that only really helps developers. If you look at the percentage of units for any new supposedly affordable housing development, it's usually pitifully small - 10% if you're lucky. The rest are rented at market rent.

And in this market, they can't build enough new units to cause any kind of price wars with landlords, so it's all just a joke, really.

But anytime anyone groups people into a box, such as "all you liberals," it usually shows a lack of understanding of the complexities of any situation or argument. That's too easy. You're probably really smarter than that. Or at least, I hope so.

I'm smart enough to know affordable housing is also a PR stunt to get votes.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by anrev

I'm smart enough to know affordable housing is also a PR stunt to get votes.

Then we agree.