&gt; ...go see stories about people trying to build a SFH on a empty lot and being block by neighborhood bullshit...<p>True. AIUI, it has been <i>incredibly</i> difficult to get anything new built in the city for a <i>wide</i> variety of reasons for a very long time.<p>However, I bring up the limits of rent stabilization because I <i>often</i> see people saying:<p>&quot;More people would build in San Francisco if it wasn&#x27;t for that damned Rent Control in the city.&quot;<p>or<p>&quot;Rent Control is why noone builds in San Francisco.&quot;<p>It turns out that -not infrequently-, many of these folks don&#x27;t understand that rent stabilization <i>doesn&#x27;t</i> cover new construction. [0]<p>I <i>hope</i> that once one discovers that rent stabilization doesn&#x27;t prevent a developer from building a new building <i>full</i> of 1000sf (or smaller!) units that -currently- rent for ~3k&#x2F;month, and can be adjusted to &quot;market rate&quot; at <i>any</i> time the lease between the landlord and tenant permits, one starts digging around to discover more about the especially fucked up process of getting new construction approved in this town.<p>[0] Except when specially negotiated, as mentioned in my previous comment.