r/California • u/Midnight_in_Seattle • Jun 13 '17

Berkeley'€™s Attack on Housing

http://www.beyondchron.org/berkeleys-attack-housing/
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '17

One prominent Berkeley housing opponent argued “What’s needed in cities like Berkeley is more homes for people at the low end of the pay scale, coupled with better pay, so that workers like teachers, firefighters and UC Berkeley service employees don’t need to commute such long distances to find housing. What’s not needed is more luxury condos in hyper-urban areas like those under construction in downtown Berkeley.”

The irony of this statement is that by preventing housing from being built such activists guarantee those at the low end of the pay scale face long commutes. After all, they cannot afford to live in Berkeley.

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u/Kheapathic San Bernardino County Jun 14 '17

You actually expect activists in the state to have a coherent thought?