05/16/2001 Entry: "The tendency for tenants is tenacity."

I'm in a quandry about limiting and restricting Tenancies In Common (TIC) purchases. I mean, as a renter I agree: being evicted sucks, and for the elderly or the seriously ill its especially difficult. I even voted for Chris Daly. From that perspective a TIC is a multiple owner-move-in eviction. And it does take rental properties off the market; I can't deny that.

At the same time, people do live in these spaces: The Boyfriend bought his flat through a TIC. Nearly six years later (and this is relatively quickly) they're finally approved to convert to condominium status. Up until last year all the partners still lived in their units. Someday I may want to buy a home of my own; this may be the only way I'll be able to do so soon if I want to stay in San Francisco. Self-serving? Perhaps. "'Do we cannibalize some tenants so a select group of tenants can achieve the American dream?' Daly asked." Do we also want to keep more San Franciscans in the financial rental trap when they have a chance to escape it and still live here and contribute to their neighborhood? A quandry. Maybe Daly's plan, to limit the number of TICs, is a fair middle ground.

Of course, when in doubt, blame God. And I forget why I love this City sometimes...