[kevinburke]

I mean, cleaning up the streets gets a lot easier when there isn't as much homelessness, reducing homelessness only happens when you add more homes and reduce overcrowding.

In addition, new homes pay 2024 market rate property taxes, which the city can reinvest in things like garbage cans and street sweepers.

[duped]

This doesn't fix Prop 13 or rent control, which are bigger impediments to housing and taxation in Berkeley than housing.

Upzoning isn't going to turn the communes into townhomes or turn that parking lot over the shellmound into housing.