By Tim Redmond : 48hills – excerpt

I went to State Sen. Scott Wiener’s virtual town hall tonight, and nothing he said should have surprised me. But for the record, he said that the “best thing that’s happened” in San Francisco and California politics is the rise of the Yimbys.

He also expressed strong support for a giant project in Potrero Hill that is a case study in what can happen under state legislation he sponsored.

Wiener encouraged everyone attending (and because of the way his office controlled the Zoom room, I was unable to count the people online) to join a state or local Yimby group.

“I encourage you to get involved in the Yimby movement,” he said.

And he kept saying that cities like San Francisco and areas like West Los Angeles “haven’t built enough housing.”

For the record: Cities right now don’t build housing. Developers do… (more)

Not surprising that people want to recall Wiener.