Finally, finally, finally. An article on Hacker News about the whole San Francisco housing thing that doesn't assume that you're familiar with the issue and have picked a side. After all the rhetoric I've read about, say...

"the defeat of the proposition to prevent the blockage of construction on the waterfront proposed by the cool NIMBY elitist outcasts who are driving up housing prices to keep out the cool rich tech outsiders who are ruining this city"

...it's nice to have some history and context about what's actually going on. Thank you.