Oddly we have a situation where people who own homes can pay very low property taxes while voting to restrict new building on land they do not own within their city. Most of the bay area is low density sprawling asphalt hellscape (think Fremont, not Berkeley) where people can enjoy their grandfathered in tax rates AND oppose any and all new housing construction - the same construction that could help the city increase its tax base (not to mention allow workers to live closer to jobs and other amenities). Of course, that construction would also mean their property values weren&#x27;t quite stratospheric, and regular folks could maybe, just maybe, cover rent.<p>Perhaps we should reconsider the idea that people can vote on what homes others (even <i>gasp</i> developers!) are allowed to build on private land.