Reply #3: It should be in Emeryville or the East Bay (Sac would have been better) [View All]

[Xithras]

Sorry, but since this will be a government run program, very few of the new employees here are going to be able to afford San Francisco rents. If the facility is placed in SF, it's simply going to add that many more commuters on the Bay Bridge or BART every morning.

Smart growth means placing the jobs where the people are. Since most of these employees are far more likely to live in the (relatively) less expensive East Bay cities, they should put the jobs there.

Putting it in Sacramento or elsewhere in the Central Valley, where the cost of living is FAR lower, would have been an even better idea...but it looks like they've already ruled that out.