"Your average Black, South Asian or Latino homeowner and/or contractor that wants to convert their home into a multifamily is going to do it without a permit and regardless of what a zoning ordinance says — provided nobody snitches." - this is something that seems understudied, and it makes me concerned that *any* increased regulatory activity in a particular neighborhood - including deregulatory activity, including upzoning - will carry with it new code compliance expectations that are bad for existing low-income residents.
Interestingly enough the Latino population in San Francisco has been modestly increasing, both in total numbers and as a percentage of the overall population.
2000 - 109,504 (14.1%)
2010 - 121,774 (15.1%)
2020 - 136,199 (15.2%)
So while there has been a decline in The Mission and Excelsior there has been a gain in other areas, perhaps mirroring the Asian experience of "moving on up" to more suburban neighborhoods.
Exclusionary Zoning, But in Poor Neighborhoods
"Your average Black, South Asian or Latino homeowner and/or contractor that wants to convert their home into a multifamily is going to do it without a permit and regardless of what a zoning ordinance says — provided nobody snitches." - this is something that seems understudied, and it makes me concerned that *any* increased regulatory activity in a particular neighborhood - including deregulatory activity, including upzoning - will carry with it new code compliance expectations that are bad for existing low-income residents.
Interestingly enough the Latino population in San Francisco has been modestly increasing, both in total numbers and as a percentage of the overall population.
2000 - 109,504 (14.1%)
2010 - 121,774 (15.1%)
2020 - 136,199 (15.2%)
So while there has been a decline in The Mission and Excelsior there has been a gain in other areas, perhaps mirroring the Asian experience of "moving on up" to more suburban neighborhoods.