People need to vote on the ballot and with their feet. Don’t be a hero and make a statement by renting on lower Larkin or on 5th and Mission. Do what the city administration does and avoid living in any of those areas.

If they want to turn those areas into a Mad Max hell scape, let them, and don’t work anywhere that requires you to risk it out there either. Why be a martyr?

In the end people still actively rent in the luxury apartments in the worst parts of SoMa, so the markets are clearing. Why they do it is beyond me, but to each their own. My guess is that it's the usual new batch of tech space cadets in their 20s who do their time and bail as soon as they need more space, safety and they can afford it.