Matt Gonzales

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Sounds like a case of free political speech to me. Illegal, perhaps - but
it shouldn't be (like the Green Party "victory bong").

I'm actually liking Matt a bit more lately - he says that the Opera and
Symphony should look for private funding, rather than city government
grants, and he voted against additional school funding on the grounds that
the city doesn't have the money.

I'm under no delusions that he's libertarian, but I have a suspicion that,
faced with the exigencies of actually governing, he'll be forced by the
reality of the situation to act like one every once in a great
while. Whereas Newsom will cut road funding to make sure that the Symphony
still gets its arts funding.

~Chris
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"Arts groups have needs currently unmet by City program and policies. Chief amoung them is the need for affordable space, not only for performances but also for housing. My administration will tackle that issue. I have proposed a property transfer tax, similar to ones in place Berkeley and Oakland, which would be assessed on properties valued at over two million dollars. It is my intention that the funds raised would be used to acquire land for affordable housing and non-profit development."
- http://www.mattgonzalez.com/economy.html

-- Steve

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Didn't I read earlier a summary of the Eminent Domain
issue regarding the house in North Beach that Matt
Gonzales was in favor of the City confiscating the
property? If I remember incorrectly, please let me
know.

Dave Barker.

--- "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@...> wrote:

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He didn't mind so much the initiation of force to take the property from the
owner against their will. His main concern was that the City wasn't paying
less than the property was worth. But if the amount paid equals what the
Assessor's office says the land is worth, he seems in favor of taking the
land.

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Of course, Gonzalez wants to prevent property owners from selling for the market value:

"I will promote “limited equity” arrangements that allow owners who wish to sell only to recover their actual costs plus a limited fixed percentage return, so that the home remains affordable for the next buyer."
- http://www.mattgonzalez.com/housing.html

-- Steve

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Dear Everyone;

These are two simple sentences which tell why the cost of housing and rents are so high in San Francisco.

Prices rise when the demand exceeds the supply at the asking price.

Prices fall when the supply exceeds the demand at the asking price.

When you have the current policies in place generated the Planning Commission, backed up by rent control and further backed up by the construction permit process and building inspection bureau you will not get any new housing or rental units built.

Then Planning Commission comes out with a new proposed housing density plan. All the Nimby's come out of the woodwork voraciously against the new density plan. Housing prices and rents will continue to stay high.

The net population increased by 50,000 in San Francisco over the last decade. Unfortunately new housing units came on-line in the hundreds not the thousands needed. San Francisco is some 20,000 new housing units behind the curve.

The correct thing to do is to implement the new housing density plan, take off all the bureaucratic hinders to the permit process and also go open shop on the construction sites. Then and only then will you see affordable housing in San Francisco.

Ron Getty
SF Libertarian

Steve Dekorte <steve@...> wrote:

His [Gonzalez's] main concern was that the City wasn't paying
less than the property was worth. But if the amount paid equals what
the
Assessor's office says the land is worth, he seems in favor of taking
the
land.

Of course, Gonzalez wants to prevent property owners from selling for
the market value:

"I will promote �limited equity� arrangements that allow owners who
wish to sell only to recover their actual costs plus a limited fixed
percentage return, so that the home remains affordable for the next
buyer."
- http://www.mattgonzalez.com/housing.html

-- Steve

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