You’re forgetting the place of power sexy renderings hold in the minds of local politicians.

Residents.

Often the City operates out of fear of the Hill rather than just doing what is right for its residents.

And the thing is we get screwed the same regardless of whether we play nice or not (or if our mayor supposedly has a good relationship with the lege or not). Might as well do what’s right.

Had no idea. That is crazy!

What’s the timeline the city has given on how long it will take for the soil to be okay for tree planting again?

Demolition by neglect

There are indeed many who are “Ben adjacent.”

Impact of gentrification on adult mental health To estimate the net effect of living in a gentrified neighborhood on probability of having serious psychological distress. We pooled 5 years of secondary data from the California Health Interview Surv...

Then you are not listening to people expressing genuine concerns re displacement. The Bueno avenue rezone had many commenters expressing concerns relating to the trauma of displacement and not knowing where to go if the project went ahead. See e.g.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

I think you’re right here. There is a tendency of YIMBY advocates to talk down to people who have genuine and deeply held concerns.

Perhaps acknowledging the trauma of space impermanence from people that like their established neighborhoods, seeking understanding, and educating would be better.