Really, really good, really long article about the affordable housing crisis that focuses on San Francisco but has relevance for all cities in California, especially, but also nationwide. Too hard to sum up here but the basic take-away is that the problem of affordability is REALLY COMPLICATED (concluded my Move LA colleague and affordable housing expert Beth Steckler) and rent control, the Ellis Act and Prop 13 are just a very few of the reasons that rents are too darn high. Read it while on a long bus or rail ride . . .

By Kim-Mai Cutler on Techcrunch.com.