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Although the exact effect of Measure C on San Francisco’s housing supply is still in speculation, Slate's Moneybox believes that the Housing Development Dashboard may be able to offer some insight. One theory, which the author coined the "Indiana Jones Theory of Housing Regulation" suggests a creation of a deadline boom, a phenomenon where builders rush to get approval before the new laws can take effect

According to a recent article from Curbed SF, more than two-thirds of voters approved the local Measure C, which grants city legislators the power to raise or lower the minimum requirements for affordable housing development.

In a recent interview, Faculty Director Carol Galante shares with Donna Kimura, a deputy editor of Affordable Housing Finance (AHF), her excitement about a new online tool from the Terner Center that was released early last week. This tool, better known as the Housing Development Dashboard, shows how policy changes can affect affordable housing production by utilizing data from four sample cities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Check out: "What Will Increase Development in Bay Area? Ask This New Tool" by Next City as the author explores the various components and mechanisms behind Terner Center's new Housing Development Dashboard released last week.

Interested in seeing the new Terner Center Housing Development Dashboard in action? Check out this recent news post "Design Your Own Housing Policy With UC Berkeley Interactive Page" by Curbed San Francisco.

After its release on May 31st, the new Terner Center Housing Dashboard and its research were used in a Los Angeles Times piece to describe the effects of Governor Jerry Brown's by right plan on housing development. Find out how Brown's proposal may change the rules of housing development in metropolitan cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

In her recent discussion with host, Liza Veale on KALW's Local Public Radio San Francisco, Faculty Director Carol Galante weighs in on the effects of Prop C on the development of affordable housing units in San Francisco, particularly from the perspective of developers.

In response to the Terner Center's blog release on the launch of the Housing Development Dashboard-- a new tool for assessing the impact of local housing policies, San Francisco Business Times follows with their own piece describing this new data tool and its conception.

In a recent Marketplace broadcast titled "Million-dollar homes are no longer anything special," Faculty Director Carol Galante shares her views on the effects of the increasing urban housing prices.