I benefit from rent control.<p>I <i>rabidly</i> support <i>every</i> new apartment development. Trinity Towers (across the street from the main branch of the SF Library) should be a model for how these things work:<p>* Remove rent controlled tenants. They will be displaced for 6-&gt;12 months.<p>* Tear down old building.<p>* Build Phase 1 of new, far denser building, as quickly as possible.<p>* Move rent-controlled tenants back into their new units at the same rate they had when they were displaced. Those units are covered by rent control forever. The rest of the building is at &quot;market rate&quot;.<p>* Build the rest of the building at your leisure.<p>The only thing I might add to the plan is city-sponsored housing to put the displaced residents.