[burkaman]

Here is the law: https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13157163&GUID=BC...

This only bans software that uses "Non-public competitor data" to set rents. You could still sell a product that just scrapes apartment websites to find the average rent in a neighborhood, for example, you just can't blatantly collude with other landlords anymore.

[0_____0]

Doing anything that actually solves the problem is too hard, so let's do something that sounds good but does nothing.

California politicians make a big show of sounding progressive, when the outcomes they generate worsen inequality. Ibram X Kendi writes about this - policy that results in racist outcomes is racist, regardless of the tone its creators take.

[nerdjon]

I wonder if they could get around the non-public part if they themselves made the data freely available. If for example, they collected the data from the apartments they manage but the data was available on their site. I don't see anything here (but I only skimmed quickly) that specifically states the source of the data.

So basically realizing that it is better that they exist and have this data than to try to spite their competitors. Since I imagine without this data their value goes down.

So while they may be helping their competitors get data, their competitors are also helping them and then each company survive on their algorithm and contracts.

[burkaman]

Sure, I think that would be great for everyone. As a renter I would love to have access to more public data to help me negotiate against my landlord's greed.