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Agree with Dan. We sure dodged a bullet voting Mayor Murillo out of office. Hopefully the city is better served by a political centrist in Randy Rowse. Not that the two are particularly connected, but we continue to watch State St. continue its shameful decay. Walking down the street yesterday morning, I can't find even a single stained brick or untended plant that's been replaced on her term. On the other hand she used her energy to rush through a radical rent control policy that will be counterproductive to our housing problem in the long-term. 2% rent control in SB has the effect of making buildings here a worse investment for ANY owner - from a first-time individual to a megacorp - than the alternatives, like investing in property out of state, or putting that money into the stock market. Making investing in residential property less attractive will ultimately reduce supply as fewer dollars flow into building new housing or improving the stock that exists. We currently can't house most people who work here let alone all those who want to move here - we are short on supply. Yes, we're wedged between the ocean and the mountains with relatively little space to build compared to most cities. But, if you look around, there's plenty of space that could be developed into quality residential units... that's vastly less likely to happen with policies such as the one Mayor Murillo tried to ram though that are hostile to those willing to take a personal risk to build housing in this city. Welcome Mayor Rowse, and I hope you'll make better decisions for our city.