Apple Bus Blockaded In SF Protest Against Tech Owners, Speculators And Evictions

All of these tech companies that have hired buses should instead pay for construction of apartments in walking distance of their offices. Clearly the problem is an inadequate housing supply everywhere. Another cause of the housing crisis in San Francisco is the Academy of Art where 18,000 students pay $23,000 a year tuition to learn to draw pictures! This rich folks' school, with only a 35% graduation rate, has not only taken over dozens of buildings in San Francisco, its students have taken over may apartment buildings in San Francisco, especially in the Nob Hill area, all rent-controlled housing. However, because the super majority Democratic state legislature refuses to pass a vacancy control law, once the apartment is vacated, the landlord can charge whatever they want, so these rich kids live illegally 2 to a studio and up to 4 to a one bedroom. The landlords are not supposed to house more than 1 to a studio and 2 to a one bedroom, that is, 1 person per room not including the kitchen and bathroom. Any more than that is a slum, an illegal housing condition. Apartments on Nob Hill, a workingclass tenant area, now go for $1850 and up.

The Academy of Art and the tech companies should be REQUIRED to build housing for their students, in the case of the Academy of Art, and employees, in the case of all companies.

The question must be asked of the Democratic Party machine sitting at City Hall since 1960: Who is going to do the work in San Francisco if there is no affordable housing for the workingclass, those of us who sell our labor for less than $80,000 a year, and especially those who make less than $50,000 a year? The hotel and restaurant industry, most office jobs and most other jobs that make this City function are staffed by people who cannot afford high rents. Has the Democratic Party decided to abolish the tourist industry and financial district? That is exactly what will take place very soon when there is no affordable housing for the workingclass.

If companies like Google and Apple invested in local infrastructure to provide a greater range of reliable transportation options, they wouldn't need to schlep their employees around in buses. Any time a hot start-up releases IPO, SF landlords jack up their rents (or real estate sellers' prices) astronomically high because there's a gaggle of newly minted "millionaires" willing to shell out cash.

apple doesent care about police state,they only care about money.