J.K. Dineen

J.K. Dineen, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle specializing in housing, and Sarah Moser, an urban geography professor at McGill, dive into the clash between Silicon Valley billionaires and local residents over a proposed new city in California. They discuss the tech-centric dreams of building a sustainable utopia on farmland, versus community concerns about infrastructure and sprawl. The conversation extends to the impact of billionaires on urban development globally and the pressing need for effective policies to address America's housing crisis.

Tim Thomas, eviction researcher at UC Berkeley; J.K. Dineen, SF Chronicle housing reporter; and Chris Salviati, Apartment List economist. They compare stark SF–Oakland rent gaps, explore how new luxury supply and pandemic timing hollowed Oakland demand, examine vacancy and concession patterns, and discuss safety, foreclosure impacts, and policy responses shaping regional rental dynamics.