Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "The Insane Battle To Sabotage a New Apartment Building Explains San Francisco's Housing Crisis" video.

@nikolasirovica3250 If you want to keep the region historic, don't let in millions of immigrants. The reason that housing is needed is that the population is growing not because of new births but because of the highest immigration rates in the world. If you support immigration, you have to support new building to house them and provide the infrastructure for economic development. I'm not being anti immigration, either. I'm stating a point of fact. You can't have one without the other. The very people that are objecting against development in the area are the same people that scream discrimination and encourage the influx of more immigrants, both legal and illegal. Explain to me where these new immigrants are going to live if you don't build new homes for them.
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@nikolasirovica3250 You've just mentioned cities that have housing problems in Europe. Guess why? Eventually you have to build more housing but you can't because of the laws prohibiting that building of homes. So you have problems. Then, countries like Germany and Sweden, allowed untold numbers of refugees in. Now you need MORE homes and still those laws are in place and the problems get worse and housing becomes even more expensive. Europe will have to come to a balance, just like California, where you understand that nothing lasts forever. You can't have unfettered immigration and keep everyone of those historical buildings. Fortunately, birth rates in Europe and America are so low that populations would go down if it wasn't for immigration but cutting back on immigration seems to something unthinkable to many progressives. So, what do you do? Right now, nothing seems to be the answer in those European cities and California.....and the problem gets worse. Don't get me wrong. I've been to Europe and those cities are beautiful but you have to consider one thing. Of what use are those cities if they're not built for people? It's why they exist in the first place. Now, it seems they exist to please the aesthetic values of those who can afford it and the rest can get lost and find another place to live.
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@nikolasirovica3250 Except they're not building any housing.....not cheap housing anyway. Also, California has declared itself a sanctuary state so it's not the legal immigrants that are going there but illegals, especially the criminal types. There are countless cases of illegals breaking the law and being released because they refuse to call ICE to have them deported. Also, it isn't the working class that are leaving. It's the middle class and business owners, the ones who pay the bulk of the taxes. They're closing shop and leaving the state in droves. The super rich don't care so that's what you have left. Super rich living in their elitist neighbourhoods and the poor, barely getting by and living in subsidised housing or on the streets. New housing isn't being built because of regulations that force builders to pay exorbitant fees and meet untenable building codes. Why do you think housing and rents are so high? Why is the homeless problem so prevalent? It's due to the stranglehold the municipal and state governments have on every type of business across California. Government interference in the economy is destroying the state but socialism is wonderful.
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@gardensofthegods If you're afraid of being misquoted, get it on video. Then the misquotes become your weapon against them. You're just offered the easy way out for anyone who has a untenable position. Pretend you're the victim before any wrongdoing even happens. It's a poor excuse to speak up.
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