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San Francisco Housing Prices Are Set Based on What Rich Techies Can Pay

Housing developers in California’s Bay Area are catering to the wealthy — at the expense of everyone else.

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This video is episode 2 of the series “Priced Out,” created by [people. power. media].

Curtis and Riley with the help of Riley’s Artificial Intelligence watch, Olive, meet with condo developer Sumir who tells them how development works.

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