This partisan bickering, like most bickering, ignores the underlying cause of San Francisco’s ridiculously expensive housing — the low property taxes under Prop 13. Cutting property taxes attracts land speculators who fervently compete to see who can bid up the monopoly board. Everyone wants to buy Baltic and Mediterranean and turn them into…

Thank you, Sara Shortt, for clarifying the misconceptions around Prop F. The loss of low & middle-income units in SF has also resulted in the loss of art & social justice organizations, activist groups and media resources which might offer an alternative perspective to the cacophony of profit-driven agendas in SF at the moment. This city is in dire…

I live in SF. Last year I was out of work and having trouble paying the rent. When the landlord threatened to evict me, I went to the SF Housing Rights Committee (the author’s employer) for help. The old geezer working there LITERALLY LAUGHED IN MY FACE and said they wouldn’t help.

I’m in support of reasonable regulations, where compliance is properly enforced. The argument about not being able to enforce is ridiculous. There are many ways to ensure enforceability and to obtain the data — with or without the support of airbnb and the hosting platforms. We need to see reasonable rules with severe fines and sanctions for the…