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I am a little surprised how badly Connie Chan did at yesterdays debate for #CA11 - No single concrete policy proposal - Doubled down on her opposition of car-free streets - Claimed Geary BRT was built when the current 38R barely qualifies as BRT

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It was especially strange that @conniechansf.bsky.social's main attack on Wiener was that his AI regulation bill was supposedly not strong enough. That may be true, but it felt out of place considering she has virtually no legislative record to stand on.

She also could not articulate her opposition to housing projects aside from talking about it being a "compromise", and basically said she approved enough housing in Mission Bay so it is okay that they didn't build in her district (?!?).

Even as someone who is more in the YIMBY camp, it is not that hard to come up with legit concerns about market rate housing construction. It just seems like her alternative is *not* large-scale social housing development, but keeping the existing inventory and subsidizing rent.