Our view: Construction unions should not stand in the way of housing for the homeless


Which is in the greater public interest of San Francisco: Making substantial progress in finally providing housing for homeless people, or fully preserving the occupational prerogatives and political influence of the building trades unions?

Because it’s increasingly evident that we’re not going to be able to do both. For the second time in barely two years, San Francisco construction unions are attempting to shoot down an innovative proposal that would provide hundreds of units of housing for…

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