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I'm sorry, but... no. No it doesn't.
That is a ludricous comment. It's been less than 48 hours, I'd wager it's not unusual for the police not to have made any arrests at this point.
The top comment says not to only talk about SF politics, but also share some memories of the deceased. It's followed by a thousand posts discussing SF politics. Let's not pretend the politics are being ignored here.
any other sources supporting this notion? it sounds reckless which is understandable from an emotional point of view, but nonetheless demeaning for homeless people and unproductive for justice.
Most cities bend over backwards to recruit employers who bring high income taxpayers to their city. I've never understood what's special about SF that would make that event undesirable. If these employers pulled out en masse, which seems like the desired outcome here, I feel like they'd be thrown under the bus all over again for causing urban blight.
The word you're looking for isn't can't, it's won't.
Cities can absolutely crack down on entrenched landowning interests, bring them to heel, and shut down their abusive rent-seeking operation. However, those interests have outsized political sway, and I'm sure they love to see a political circular firing squad amongst the groups that could band together to eliminate the rackets they're operating. Everyone focusing their ire on tech workers is an absolute godsend for them.
It's worth mentioning that the naive go-to lever, rent controls, won't solve the housing crisis because it won't build more housing. It will just create lottery winners and losers.
California is only beginning to address this by using state-level authority to strip zoning privileges from the recalcitrant municipalities and the rentier class they serve, but it's likely going to be a decade before this begins to bear fruit.
All this being said, I would love the government to aggressively enter the housing development market, as Singapore has done, but I'm not holding my breath for that to happen. At the very least we should focus on building more housing by allowing development to happen naturally.