THOMAS D. ELIAS
Around California, bureaucrats on a large scale have not yet begun to recognize that the solution to the stateâs housing crisis has been at hand from the moment the coronavirus pandemic struck.
All it should take is for some of them to venture outside their ivory tower homes and offices to read the vacancy signs on countless office buildings where billions of square feet once occupied by cubicles and conference tables now sit derelict as many lessees reduce their rent payments while awaiting the end of their leases.
In San Francisco, one-fifth of all office space now is vacant. That number will climb as white-collar workers continue operating from homes enabled by computerized virtual âcommutes.â