Bob Tillman's 5-Year Fight to Build San Francisco Apartments
ReasonTV · Documentary · 15 min · 2018 · YouTube title: The Insane Battle To Sabotage a New Apartment Building Explains San Francisco's Housing Crisis
Why it's here
It is HN's go-to concrete example of how local regulation and NIMBYism block new housing in San Francisco and California.
What it covers
ReasonTV tells the story of Bob Tillman, who spent nearly five years and $1.4 million trying to convert his San Francisco laundromat into apartments. It walks through the permitting, appeals and neighborhood opposition he faced.