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San Francisco's housing Battles rage on.

San Francisco Business Times

| June 22, 2001 | MATERNA, JESSICA | COPYRIGHT 2001 San Francisco Business Times, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Neighborhood bickering bogs down developer

When talking about housing, or the lack of it, experts agree: San Francisco has put its own people on an endangered list.

The developers are out there, the money is out there, but a virulent strain of NIMBYism, or the Not In My Backyard syndrome, has threatened to wipe out the working class from an environment that prided itself on a now-fading reputation of embracing all walks of life.

"We all need more housing, and I don't think anyone disputes that," said Jaime Rossi, director of public policy for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and member of the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition. "But the ...

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