The cost of living in San Francisco is insane. If it weren’t for rent control elderly and working class people would not be able to live there at all. Maybe that would be fine for a few years, especially if you yourself are rich. But it would ruin the city.

Its not impossible to evict people in SF. You just have to have a good reason besides ‘I want more money’.

If you are a landlord renting a unit in the city at a loss, then you are a moron and only have yourself to blame for refinancing and taking money out of your property rather than just paying your original mortgage (as it was when you originally purchased the building and rented your unit at a profit). There are other options (selling, living in it yourself) than just sitting on it and losing money. The rental market is incredibly tight here right now. It is a really good time to be a landlord in the bay area, even in places like SF, Oakland and Berkeley, which are notoriously tenant-friendly. Whatever units are vacant right now are so because ultimately there’s more money in it for the owner that way (via tax deductions or some other accounting bullshit).

You’re right that corporate employers are cutting positions lately, or at least not hiring. Its called extortion. They’re trying to starve us out until they can get another republican. Please tell me about all these oppressive new regulations that they are subject to now that they weren’t before. Besides health care- that’s their own damn fault. Most people wanted single payer or at least a public option.

Small companies, entrepreneurs, people that work a job in which they go home sweaty and dirty are not cutting jobs even tho they are subject to the same ‘gubment oppression’. Because they do not have the luxury of holding their breath like bratty whiny little bitches until they get their way.

And I have read the book. It should have been titled ‘I can Read! My first philosophy book for retards and future sociopaths!’