The Oakland "housing cabinet", whose goal is to enable ordinary people poor people to remain in Oakland, includes the landlord who has the record for eviction notices in the city.

He's right, though, that the real solution is to build lots of housing. With too little place to live, people will compete for them, and that competition will inevitably have losers.

When zoning laws limit the amount of housing construction, in effect those who are locally on top (and expect to hold on to their housing) mistreat those locally who are worse-paid or precarious. I have no sympathy for this practice.