Well folks, the NIMBYs and YIMBYs in San Francisco are battling once again. Shocker.
Public comments are coming in HOT regarding Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration's plan to rezone broad swaths of San Francisco to allow denser and taller buildings. So what are people so passionately arguing? (🧵)
Public comments are coming in HOT regarding Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration's plan to rezone broad swaths of San Francisco to allow denser and taller buildings. So what are people so passionately arguing? (🧵)
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Here's a Chronicle article with more the nitty-gritty details:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/daniel-lurie-san-francisco-zoning-map-20257146.php
Once again it seems neighborhood character > prioritizing the actual people who create the neighborhood character!
Converting empty spaces is cool though, so there’s that.
This person is a longtime resident who has watched the consequences of down zoning and is ready for a change. Someone gets it!
The speaker really drove home something that every YIMBY knows: world class cities are that way because of the people in them!
If we want vibrant communities, “we need to build more and build up” 🔺🔺🔺
As long as it meets a long list of requirements and is the right size, right design, right character, etc.
Needless to say, you can probably guess where this one was going 😭
Good news someone who works in that sector actually spoke to this and confirmed it does! We need to legalize dense housing!
The bad news is people continued to come up and say that it wouldn’t. 🤦♂️