Housing in the Bay Area
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Housing in the Bay Area
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#2"The bill is currently being debated in California's Congress as part of the upcoming annual budget" - it's called the Legislature.
I mean, yes, I knew what he meant, but it doesn't give me confidence that he understands how to influence the political system.
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#3"The bill is currently being debated in California's Congress as part of the upcoming annual budget" - it's called the Legislature. I mean, yes, I knew what he meant, but it doesn't give me confidence that he understands how to influence the political system.
I think it was written to be accessible to a very broad audience.
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#4Apparently not all economists agree that increasing housing supply would make rents cheaper.
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#5I'd be happy to extend a beta license for a brand new grassroots lobbying platform to the folks at YC for them to be more efficient and effective while managing this effort.
Heck, if anyone on HN is part of any lobbying effort in California and would like a beta experience of a new platform email me lane (at) fastAdvocate (dot com)
Warning you in advance, the website up today is horrible and not representative of the beta product. The homepage is about to be replaced. We focused on the product first.
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#6If you are passionate about the housing crisis in The Bay Area, you should check out The San Francisco Bay Area Rentors Federation.
They are one of the groups doing the most activism on this issue.
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#7Apparently not all economists agree that increasing housing supply would make rents cheaper.
Source?
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#8"The bill is currently being debated in California's Congress as part of the upcoming annual budget" - it's called the Legislature. I mean, yes, I knew what he meant, but it doesn't give me confidence that he understands how to influence the political system.
I think it was written to be accessible to a very broad audience.
That's not really an excuse for the error. The general term for the thing in question is a legislature (which is also California's specific term.) Being wrong and calling it California's Congress doesn't make it more accessible, nor does calling state legislators "Congress members"just, it just makes it look like you don't know what you are talking about to anyone with even a passing familiarity with California government.
And if you can't get that kind of basic thing right, why would people trust you on the substance, which takes a lot more understanding of government to interpret correctly.
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#9I tried to read the bill, but don't know how the old text read, and am far from a development lawyer.
Will this have the impacts Mr. Altman suggests they will? Specifically - significantly more development of multi unit dwellings?
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#10Cannot believe I'm posting here but relevant:
I have a room in my house in the Sunset opening next month. $900. It's month-to-month rent. Looking to house a founder/hacker/designer/etc currently struggling with SF rent (or someone who wants to move to SF but didn't think they could afford to live in SF)
My email is in my bio.