[pdxtex]

no, that would be stupid. riding on the coat tails of gentrifcation and white guilt, now we apparently are entering a era of retail guilt as well. feeling bad about being too successful. leave it to san francisco to try such a thing. cities should not engage in social engineering to further their local agendas. but that's the problem with far left city government, they think they know what is best for their citizens. don't get me started on soda tax.....cbd's are for business and tourists, many of whom are foreign and probably are attracted to big box america retail. neighborhoods are for locals and mom and pops flourish better in those environments anyway. city commerce should grow organically in response to the free market...rent too high? open up elsewhere. that's the way its always been. already expensive cities trying to mitigate high expenses are a day late, and many hundreds of nimby dollars short....