San Francisco's Liberal Politics Unintentionally

San Francisco liberal municipal government and its agencies frets over how to assimilate the working class into this most expensive city. They've instituted admirable programs, including a public condo lottery system and private developer programs for lower income residents, but the inherent conflict between the City's liberal politics and human capitalist intentions can make unusual stories.

Matt Lanning's SF Home Blog is a most unique real estate blog... blending city politics with real estate to produce original articles normally seen in newspapers. Here is a synopsis on an article about how a City landmark became home to a porn production house:

City organizations like the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition were formed during the late 1990's to arrest the gentrification of the generally Hispanic Mission District from the encroachment of dot-com companies and their employees. These public-facing Mission-based organizations pushed their district supervisors to pressure the developer of the 200,000 sqft historical Armory in the Mission into building increasing degrees of subsidized housing - from affordable, to low-income, to no-income housing. The developer tired of the game, found a buyer who would use the property commercially, signed a confidential agreement so the transaction would close without public knowledge. The buyer kink.com is turning the Armory into a porn studio. And yes, it's technically a dot-com.

Pat Kitano, Transparent Real Estate

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