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Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional | Hacker News

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This article[0] mentions some, though not all of the families (The Aliotos aren't mentioned here for example). While I haven't fully kept up, I know in the 90s at least a quarter of the financial district was held by two families. They own a ridiculous amount of the city's most valuable real estate and getting into office without their approval seems impossible.

Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional | Hacker News Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Why San Francisco’s city government is so dysfunctional ( economist.com ) 287 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 27, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 401 comments redm on Aug 27, 2021 | next [–] Full article: https://web.archive.org/web/20210826152420id_/https://www.ec... Hermitian909 on Aug 28, 2021 | prev | next [–] As someone who's family has been in the bay area for over a century I was disappointed the article didn't ment

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