Teachers Become Super-Commuters To Work In San Francisco

Most people have that one teacher who changed the course of their life forever, but increasingly, students in the Bay Area are losing the opportunity to have that kind of relationship with an educator. Susie Steimle reports. (10-16-2019)

[@highlymedicated9071]

Over $3,700 for a one-bedroom one-bath apartment. Are you f****** kidding me

[@scottstauffer4094]

It's nucking futs! That's my mortgage for 4 months on a 4bd/2ba 1800 sf in Nevada.

[@pgaven9396]

Welcome to the bay area. And THAT is considered "relatively affordable" to these room sharing google engineers. Welcome to the world of gentrification.

[@a.d.c.3553]

That's more than my mortgage....way more. No way I'd live in San Francisco

[@Quanic2000]

But with that money you get homeless drug addicts who shoot up and act wild while you're trying to sleep who squat right outside of your apartment window!

[@pgaven9396]

@@Quanic2000 Irony is that those homeless drug addicts were displaced largely by those same tech yuppies occupying those apartments.

[@diggingmystyle]

Pretty soon, there won't be anyone making coffee for these rich folks.

[@FloridaMan69.]

robots will do the job

[@tomhal4388]

If the working class stopped making the communities of the rich so comfortable, THEN the rich would finally collaborate in doing something to fix the problem. But it's not a problem for them yet.

[@Chy-th3sj]

Nooo how will they survive? Poor rich folks have it hard 😓

[@diggingmystyle]

@@Chy-th3sj they'll have to buy Keurig and actually refill the water themselves...oh the pain

[@diggingmystyle]

@@tomhal4388 no they won't. They'll just move to a 3rd world country and get 10 cheap laborers for the price of one here.

[@youssefhamidi8152]

“The problem with the rat race is that even if you win you are still a rat” -m.tyson

[@vgcrashnburn]

wrong soy-boy wrong, the problem is that you left-tards keep voting for those demarats. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think it's funny that socialist bitch commutes 3hrs each way. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😝 you get what you vote for. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 loser.

[@Bhq870]

vgcrashnburn it’s more to due with a high demand for housing that exceeds the supply. I.e lots of people want to live there and no enough can. Not as much of a political thing.

[@gt9188]

Haha, that was Lily Tommlin's quote!

[@Ezm42069]

@@vgcrashnburn you're definitely a bot lol

[@vooteimer1234]

Youssef Hamidi The non-problem is that SF's 'rat-race' is made up of of rats. Rats get what what they deserve for brainwashing students and demanding people lose freedoms. Give the rich youre overrated city already: they deserve it. You commute and talk less.

[@oppositionguerrilla6129]

It’s weird to think you could be making 100k a year and still be considered low income

[@brokedownsystem]

that's kind of scary. I live in a place outside of SF, and I thought I was doing OK...but relative to SF, yeah, I'm poor as dirt.

[@zain4019]

Opposition Guerrilla The cost of living there is astronomical.

[@renagadebilly2007]

COMMIEfornia.

[@oppositionguerrilla6129]

@@renagadebilly2007 I almost wish it was communism then you could actually get stuff. This is like rich people land where the Poor get screwed. But they just pretend like they’re doing stuff to help people 🙄. It’s all a big show.

[@sbkpilot1]

I will never understand why people will subject themselves to this.. you have only one life, move elsewhere.. it isn't worth it.

[@einnAnnie]

Jim Barcelona Exactly. Pretty tough to afford a new place when you're forced to quit your job to get it. Who would rent a house to somebody with NO income? Unfortunately, I.O.U.s just aren't worth what they used to be.

[@hond4h34d]

I am 1000% with you on this...the problem is that people feel entitled to live in SF

[@Airwr3ck]

Some people have a family. Their partner and SO can’t also move their job or work. Many people don’t have the privilege to be able to just move

[@mickdavis2385]

@TravelLynnandESL I want to see all the blue collar workers, service workers, teachers, EMS, fire all just leave at the same time. Then maybe something would be done. I would never live there unless I made 200k minimum. It's just not worth it, and honestly San Fran isn't even that great.

[@thedude5040]

@@JimBarcelona literally immigrants do this. When the current place of living turns to shit. You pack up your shit and move. The great thing with america is you can start over

[@PSYCLOWN185]

I could live like a damn king in my city making 90k a year.

[@realasscracka]

anything under $100 and U will need a VAN down by the River...excuse me Ocean

[@NotoriousN_I_G_]

I’m a bus driver in the Bay Area and I made 90 K last year before taxes. Last week, my wife and I got into a very heated argument about splitting the bills 50/50 in a one bedroom one bathroom suburban apartment. 😂

[@hungerxhunger2548]

@@NotoriousN_I_G_ 90K bus driver?

[@NotoriousN_I_G_]

Jose Guardiola I get paid a lot, but thats only because it’s so expensive here. I pay 1775 for a small one bedroom one bathroom apartment in the suburbs. Super expensive.

[@cotynietling2567]

Right my entire monthly bills total to 2k and i thought that was high lol

[@Sp1n1985]

The bay area is so expensive even the sports teams are moving away

[@determineddad7935]

Like who?

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

The Warriors just moved to San Francisco from Oakland, lol.

[@determineddad7935]

@@thebasketballhistorian3291 still in the Bay area dude.

[@kimleonard4087]

The Raiders are leaving

[@determineddad7935]

@@kimleonard4087 That's true. Only one team though. Warriors, Giants, Niners, Sharks, Quakes, and As still in the Bay. Plus an Arena team is coming.

[@fernandomelgar892]

You can tell how much heart she has invested with teaching. We can't let that go away.

[@ritamoore8346]

The way that things have increased in price is insane. I'm afraid that it is going to end in a really bad way.

[@prihaps]

Oh it is Ms. rita moore. It is

[@JasonLastName]

It has to end bad. Sadly the only way greed learns; is by hurting itself!

[@sirjudge5055]

How can it end bad when CA has 41% of the country's millionaires. Tech money in SF is only going to increase. Housing market will never make a significant price drop.

[@prihaps]

Sir Judge are you being sarcastic?

[@DoughBoy45]

Ch28 no he’s being serious. Productivity is at an all time high. Economy is alright even though our president is actively fighting against that. And there’s no end in sight to tech expansion. If it ends bad it’ll be in 100 years when we become sorta like Detroits car industry. But that’s far from soon.

[@artenman]

Sf has become such an unattractive city.

[@chefj4042]

@MikeHunt lol it's a still a lot better than the dump u probably live in

[@osazuwaogbeide1540]

I agree I never liked sf

[@TheTacticalMess]

Prathyush J. It depends. SF is a dump full of yuppies. It’s going to face a crisis soon due to its inability to expand/rebuild and the income disparity. Companies are already leaving the mess they created to areas in the Midwest like St. Louis, because it’s cheaper and comparable in living.

[@SalafiJustice]

MikeHunt what you’re all too cowardly to state is that this is what happens when Jews run your country.

[@christophegroulx8187]

Desert Wanderer Aren’t you edgy

[@jerryvelasco1474]

All the teachers should just leave. Once the rich can't find any schools to take their kids. Then things might actually change.

[@katieadams5860]

SF to Oakland is NOWHERE near a super commute, it's only 12 miles, something like Sacremento to SF or Fresno to SF is more like a super commute

[@GoldenGod69]

Katie Adams yeah wtf, its not even 12 miles. Literally the next city over the bridge

[@martinjarquin9540]

I commute usually 60 miles one ways day

[@DmsStudios]

Oakland is huge and commuter traffic in the bay area is horrible. It can easily be more than 12 miles.

[@ang5035]

i thought the same thing - Oakland to SF isnt super commute it is just commute...

[@katieadams5860]

@@DmsStudios I commute from Pleasanton to SF, which is 35 miles, and that takes me around 2hrs via car. Oakland to SF is nothing

[@loveunderlaw]

SHE MUST REALLY LOVE BEING A TEACHER!!! I DON'T THINK I'D DO THAT COMMUTE DAILY...

[@Sp1n1985]

She could teach somewhere cheaper you know not in bay area of Commiefornia

[@josepartida1711]

Marcus INfinity Look at her though, she won’t leave California

[@carolinayamadawg8706]

its like 12 miles each way lol

[@MyThoughtzAndOpinionz]

Well she’s teaching elementary aged kids. They’re different from High School kids.

[@TickleMeElmo55]

She's a behavior analyst (BCBA most likely).

[@schmootheonly]

The tech companies ruin these cities. San Francisco used to be colourful and creative. Now it's lame af.

[@dartagnan2971]

blame the home owners who oppose development in order to hold on to higher rents.

[@dobermadd]

If she lives in Oakland there's no way it takes her 3 hours to get to the mission

[@r.brooks5287]

It's 3hrs both ways not each way. Also she's using conections, so some of that hour and a half will be waiting around for the next train.

[@patricklandon7476]

Oh please. Nobody ever doubles their commute time when discussing it. KPIX simple embellished.

[@r.brooks5287]

@@patricklandon7476 Yes they did, but the woman herself explained that she spent 3 hours per day traveling, one eighth of her her day. I don't consider this a super-commute.

[@talitam.8414]

@@r.brooks5287 what's a super commute to you? I'm genuinely curious to know.

[@r.brooks5287]

@@talitam.8414 My current commute is a 12 min walk door to door each way so anything over 15 mins. What I meant was she has a long commute rather than super one as some people are doing 2-3 hours each way. This all seems nuts to me, I'm not American and I live in a small town.

[@JuanCruz-bp7yu]

1. Remove Zoning Laws 2. Hike Fed interest rates up. 3. Watch the housing bubble pop. Or move to another state

[@pvillaluna1]

Juan Cruz Sadly most people will never even understand one and two of your bullet points thus the circle of stupidity continues

[@robertjung9232]

Can you explain this further? I'm kinda retarded when comes to real estate

[@BAYAREA4150]

#3 and high tech to crash 📉

[@katieadams5860]

Many states also have a similar housing bubble, sure the housing prices might be lower, but wages are also significantly lower/there's only min wage job or there's simply no jobs

[@JuanCruz-bp7yu]

@@robertjung9232 1. California Zoning Laws ( "Not in my Back Yard laws") restrict housing supply. So therefore there is less housing , while the population keeps growing . This causes a demand issue, you now have 1 house for 100 Californians. More demand with less supply increases the price of the house dramatically 2. The fed interest rate is about 2%, therefore Banks that loan you the money to buy a house lend it to you around 3.75% . The lower the interest rate, the more money you can borrow . the more money people can borrow, the higher the bid will be for the house. Therefore dramatically increasing the price for the house. The average Joe in Cali can't take out a $800,000 home loan and deal with Zoning Law Fees. So it's mostly the upper class people that benefit from this. Some investors just buy the house and forward the cost to renters. That's why even rent prices are out of control. 3. Basically removing zoning laws and hiking up interest rates will have the opposite affect. And you will see house prices come back down to normal. 4. Lots of my friends and family are moving to Arizona and Texas. Notice Arizona and Texas don't have Zoning Laws and house prices are a lot more reasonable.

[@FXEENEY]

2:21 Isn’t it ironic that they misspelled Salaries?😂

[@ZHP330]

Lol... The effects already taking place literally right before our eyes.

[@zamami]

EXACTLY!!!! Thank you

[@jayrider2726]

In NYC they spell it celeries.

[@SmokiesDen]

at 1:30 they misspelled the... apparently, the salaries are too high to afford a proofreader

[@maestroadam]

LOL that is very funny!

[@Crismodin]

I don't understand these people, stop supporting the foundation who doesn't care about you.

[@kingphillieman]

Exactly

[@kaizersolze]

2:19 Obviously SF needs teachers because "salaries" is spelled *S-A-L-A-R-I-E-S*.

[@kaizersolze]

@Sudhir Kakar If you think a teacher's workday is simply 8 or 9 hours, you're badly mistaken. When was the last time you worked in any sort of educational environment including day care or after school care?

[@BlackandPoly]

Hahaha! Nice catch. Maybe they spelled it "SALEries" because the teachers have to sell their homes and move because they're not getting paid enough to live there.

[@miniscus5]

Thought it was a weird American way of writing it! Thanks for clearing that up!lol

[@cfaz6763]

"Why don't you come on overrrr Saaaallllariiess"🎵🎶🎵

[@joshalexander8982]

bknoc Hi, can’t say I’ve met too many teachers like that in my career. Most would like to occasionally see the kids they teach, be able to walk to work, own their own home, attend school events, participate in school meetings with parents in the evening, etc. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[@1purapericulo]

Teachers and nurses are so disrespected today :(

[@bobbowie9350]

I dont know what youre talking about, they get paid pretty damn well.

[@keithsnider1958]

RIP California Dreaming.

[@FaithandNova]

With so many ppl leaving Cali, NYC , Miami to go to others states is causing their rent prices to increase

[@wokebae6819]

This hurts me being from Oakland myself, but the prices are going up drastically in every major city . I live in Atlanta and rent is driving up every as well 😣😖

[@wokebae6819]

Faith Kings this is so true even here in ATL it’s getting high to live

[@littlerocker121314]

Faith Kings yeah a lot of Californians are coming to Texas which is driving the prices sky high.

[@arielgonzalez9993]

Faith Kings its getting out of hand each day. The news channel I work for all of our stories usually is about nyc getting expensive by the day

[@JustinMumma]

“Walks uphill both ways to school”...

[@gwindematteo934]

Justin Mumma IKR? I wondered how that was possible.

[@DataSet]

Back in my day I had to walk 8 miles to school in the snow and it was uphill both ways.

[@superswingtrader5388]

My heart goes out to these teachers.

[@knucklehoagies]

Umm a "Supercommuter" is someone who commutes from OUTSIDE the bay area like Sacramento.

[@Preservestlandry]

No it means a 90 min commute one way.

[@tomhal4388]

Time not distance.

[@kombuchas4684]

Fucking Sacramento? That is a 2.5 hour car ride and a 4 hour Amtrak ride. One way. You're insane.

[@username121709]

@@Preservestlandry If that's the official definition, then it is flawed and should be revised upwards in time or distance.

[@MyKeeP81]

@@kombuchas4684 people do it. i wouldnt

[@ianmeadows6941]

Stories like this are so common, I remember having a teacher having to come all the way from Danville to my neighborhood high school in Almaden. Some young bright eyed teachers my school left within the exact same time frame

[@donlee.4308]

Tracy to Dublin then Bart to SF is a super commute.

[@joshuavermeylen6661]

This also shows the problem with America. Stubborn to go anywhere else because they are scared to try something else. Plenty of other schools in other states that she could live closer and comfortably.

[@HighMaintenanceMinimalist]

Easier said than done. I live/work in the Bay Area and I'm stuck here for the time being. With the bills I currently have, nowhere else is going to pay me what I earn for the same type of work. I dream of moving away once I am debt free.

[@seanblade5011]

Greedy realtors and corrupt politicians are the cause but no one is calling it what it is.

[@bobbowie9350]

teachers get a pretty good salary. theyre not even the top of their class to become one.

[@rw4022]

I can’t believe they are making a big deal about this teachers commute. She is not a super- commuter for those who are not familiar with the Bay Area. She lives right across the Bay. Super-commuters are those who come from Sacramento or Stockton area. The media just can’t stop lying to us.

[@stephsteph4993]

I know she is at MacArthur. Which is wayyyyy more decent than most commutes. Still might suck tho

[@Hashtagcris]

I thought the same shit. I was like Oakland?? That's literally right across the bay. I had a coworker commuting from sac to sf everyday of the week.

[@tuneuptony3679]

Yes, Modesto to Bay,,,,75 miles one way. Thank fully we start early so the morning is only 1.5 hrs. I would ride bart across bay for 83K.

[@stephsteph4993]

Seems her commute is exaggerated at 3 hours. The most with traffic and transfers is 2 hours. I do that shit everyday too

[@fiiiig]

It's not just teachers. Its people who work hard that shouldn't have to get pushed out.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

$3700 a month for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco? That's just outrageous!

[@mvrz6]

Even if I was a millionaire I wouldn’t pay such a high rent, let the tech nerds rot in the Bay Area!

[@greatwhitesharkey8764]

IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS, IT'S EVERYONE! WAGES DO NOT MEET UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING. WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANY PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS? 30% OF HOMELESS ARE ACTUAL WHILE 70% OF THE HOMELESS ARE LIVING LIKE HOMELESS DO TO COST OF LIVING. YES, SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO LIVE LIKE THE HOMELESS. THEY EVEN GO AS FAR TO PAY A VAGRANT PER DAY TO WATCH OVER THEIR TENTS WHILE THEY WORK ALL DAY. THE DAYS OF SAVING MONEY TO BUY A HIME ARE OVER AND HAVE BEEN OVER FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS WHY WE SEE SO MANY TAKE TO THE STREETS. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR STABILITY AND THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE STABILITY IS TO OWN A HOME. APARTMENT LIVING HAS BECOME VICIOUS WITH LEASE AGREEMENTS LASTING ONLY 12 MONTHS AT BEST YOU MIGHT GET LUCKY AND FIND A 18 MONYH LEASE, NO MATTER HOW MANY MONTHS AT THE END OF LEASE TERM RENT INCREASE OCCURS USUALLY 8% INCREASE EACH NEW LEASE AGREEMENT. MEANWHILE YOUR PAY CHECK REMAINS THE SAME AND SOON YOU ARE LIVING PAY CHECK TO PAY CHECK BEFORE THAT BECOMES OBSOLETE; NEXT YOU FIND YOU CAN'T AFFORD RENT. SO YOU MUST MOVE ONLY TO FIND THE NEXT PLACE HIGHER OR JUST AS HIGH AS FROM WHERE YOU HAD TO LEAVE. RENTAL PROPERTY ARE ALL CORPORATIONS AND OWN NUMEROUS PROPERTIES. THIS IS WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. THIS IS HOW ONE BECOMES HOMELESS. CALIFORNIA IS THE WORST ON WAGE VERSUS COST OF LIVING, BUT THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS AMERICA. IF WAGES CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YHE COST OF LIVING HOW DOES ONE SURVIVE BUT TO BECOME HOMELESS. THESE RENTAL PROPERTIES BEING CORPORATIONS OWN NOT ONLY MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN CALIFORNIA BUT YOU FINDVTHE SAME PROPERTIES IN MULTIPLE STATES. IT IS CRAZY HOW THIS IS THE NEW NORM. NO COMPASSION, NO REGARDS, IT'S A LOT LIKE ANIMAL ABUSE BUT THIS IS HUMAN ABUSE. ABUSE AN ANIMAL GO TO JAIL ABUSE A HUMAN NOBODY CARES. YOU CAN NOT TRUST YOUR EMPLOYER'S, YOU MIGHT BE LAYED OFF AT ANYTIME, YOU CAN'T TRUST A RENTAL PROPERTY, PRIVATE OR CORPORATE RENTALS. HUMANS ARE LOSING JOBS DO TO COMPUTERS SO WHERE DO HUMANS GO? IF YOU WORK 3 - 4 JOBS YOU STILL WIND UP ONLY MAKING AROUND $40K PER YEAR. RENTS STARTING AT $2K A MONTH ON UP! AVERAGE RENT IN CALIFORNIA BEGINS AT $2,200 PER MO. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE YOUR UTILITY COST. SO $2200 GOES TO $2400 + RENTERS INSURANCE $2500 PER MO. Which equals $30K PLUS PER YEAR NOT INCLUDING FOOD. AVERAGE GROCERY $300 A WEEK. THE COST OF LIVING IS JUST TO HIGH. THE MOST IRONIC THING IS EVERYONE IS ONLY A ARMS LENGTH FROM THE COLD CURB. AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN'T JUST GIVE UP BUT IF WE RUN THE MAZE FOR TOO LONG YOU HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE CHILDREN WILL BE OR WISH TO BE BECAUSE COMPUTERS ARE DOING MORE AND MORE FOR US AND WE ARE BEING DISPLACED. SO GOING TO COLLEGE, GETTING A DEGREE IN THE COMING FUTURE WILL BE USELESS. SOMETHING BIG IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND I FEEL FOR ANYONES FUTURE BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS HERE WE JUST HAVEN'T STOP TO SMELL THE ROSES TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING IN FACTORIES. OFFICE BUILDINGS, BUT YET THE COMPUTERS ARE STILL RUNNING. THE SONG 'MY FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT, I GOT TO WEAR SHADES', IS ALL BUT GONE. THE FUTURE HOLDS MUCH DARKNESS AND FURTHER HOMELESSNESS. HAVE AS HOUSE ON A TWO PERSON INCOME....ONE FLAT TIRE AND YOU JUST LOST YOUR HOME. THESE HOMES ARE $700K PLUS. THINK ABOUT IT. THINGS ARE GREAT UNTIL ONE LOSES A JOB OR BECOMES DISABLED IN SOME WAY! CAUTION TO THE WIND PEOPLE! YOU ASKED FOR MORE TECHNOLOGY AND YOUR GETTING IT. THAT FRIEND YOU KNOW THE INTERNET HAS RUINED PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT YET! IT HERE AND IT'S GETTING SMARTER BY THE SECOND 24/7 365 NO BREAKS NO BITCHING, NO EXCUSES. WE ARE ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BECOME HOMELESS! WAKE UP AMERICA LIFE IS KNOCKING AT YOUR FRONT DOOR. INTERNET, COMPUTERS MADE TO MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER ALSO TAKING OUR JOBS ALONG THE WAY. GOOD LUCK PEOPLE. IT'S TOO LATE. FUTURE EQUALS BURDEN, HARDSHIP, HOMELESSNESS. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!

[@marionwilson8141]

GreatWhite Sharkey .says the person USING THE INTERNET

[@hudsonjamesc]

Move out of the state

[@KERBROES]

Tell me 70% of the homeless people on the street actually homeless is bullshit

[@KERBROES]

Needles everywhere

[@ripperduck]

Then it's time for working class people to say "Enough." Nothing compels anyone to live in SF. If you're commuting hours at a time to match paycheck to rent, it's time to consider something else. The American Dream is finished. Too many delusional assholes haven't realized that simple fact, and strive to reach the unattainable. It's going to mean a massive slide in standard of living, no chidren, no stability, none of the things USAAmeticans took for granted. End of empires are messy and horrible, but it cannot be avoided. Sorry if you believed otherwise...

[@jon8021]

Thanks for continuing coverage on this topic. I myself have a four hour round-trip commute to my job working for a Bay Area city in the mid-Peninsula where I was born and our city manager brags about how he essentially we won't pay us to be able to live in the community we serve. It's the old new norm for public employees in the area.

[@princess7strawberry]

I was born and raised in the South Bay. I studied and worked in Early Childhood Education over a span of a decade. I always felt weird about being a preschool teacher to the child(ren) of parents who work for all the big-name companies in the surrounding areas (Apple, Google, Netflix...), who were all the sweetest people and treated me well and gave nice gifts during holidays throughout the year, but at the same time thinking, “I can barely afford to pay rent because of the companies you work for.” It started to feel like any job outside of the tech world weren’t valued and we were kind of pushed out. I used to think, “But I grew up here! Why do I need to leave?” Eventually, I had to leave. First to East Bay, but didn’t work out after a month, so then to Dallas. I actually like the city here, but had to quit teaching since I didn’t find a school/center that was a good fit. Standards aren’t as good as they were in California, but I’m still hoping I’ll find a school that has the perfect teaching job for here somewhere near here. Teaching is my passion and I miss it.

[@fearlessreview]

83k salary would be able to support 3k rent if it weren’t for taxes

[@Dweller415]

fearlessreview Truthfully but most people don’t clue into that fact.

[@MK-tq5ec]

No. It’s not enough when rent is 4-5k a month for a small place

[@adrianagurd]

No one lives in a 1 bedroom 1 bath in the city unless you make a ton of money or are a couple. It’s called having roommates

[@FalloutConspiracy]

@@adrianagurd The problem is that there's an artificial scarcity of affordable housing, market incentivized greed, and a lack of rent control on newly constructed mark-rate units that were built after 1995. If state bill AB 1482 - which was just signed into law - was in effect when she was still living in SF, her landlord would not have been able to hit hear with triple digit year-on-year rent increases.

[@Churros1616]

If there were no taxes, where would the money for teachers salaries come from?

[@OneDayChange]

$44 million dollars to house a 100 teacher's? Did I misunderstand that part?

[@baileyshaulis4735]

OneDay4Change 444 It’s unimaginable how much money big projects like that take.

[@bobbowie9350]

CA is super corrupt. She will be fine. She will make over 100K a year for life in pension

[@boostedmaniac]

Hey CBS, how about doing a story on where all money from property taxes go? Detail out all the salaries of the superintendent, and all the bureaucrats all the way down to the teachers. We would love to see some transparency.

[@marionwilson8141]

That would be investigate reporting, they don't do that anymore

[@pyromunkey1666]

Education is such a sham now, waaay too many overpaid administrators. Even worse in higher education. It's all about securing more money from the government to pay for more cushy admin positions.

[@francobuhay9604]

Maybe they should ease up on the landmark and development laws so that housing supply can meet the demand in SF.

[@juanmanuelmarquez1974]

The sad part is that there are $15 dollars per hour jobs all over San Francisco.

[@leelandglover2731]

Luigi Marquez...if you don't have an address,diploma, drivers license, wait let's not forget corporations jobs..they check your credit so if it's bad good luck getting that job.

[@64CSAR]

That’s still not enough to live off of

[@juanmanuelmarquez1974]

@@64CSAR That is why I said it is sad.

[@emilyelizabeth4365]

@Los Explores I have a full time job in LA making 17 an hour and can't even afford to move out of my parents.

[@HighMaintenanceMinimalist]

@@leelandglover2731 I'm not sure what you're talking about. In SF, minimum wage is $15. You don't need any of what you mentioned to get those types of jobs.

[@shaunashauna385]

I've been pushed out of my home had to move to the Midwest (Chicago) where surprisingly prices are slowly climbing. The housing prices here in Chicago are what the East Bay was 10 years ago. I'm just waiting for this city to go up. I feel like the only affordable place to live is going to be someplace in backwoods Arkansas.

[@seadragon1456]

Everywhere is going up. I live in the suburbs outside of Springfield, MO and the prices are steadily going up. I’ve lived in my home for 6 years and now my house is worth 60k more than what my husband paid for it. In the last 2 years I’ve seen more and more California license plates and I’ve met a ton of people that have moved here from other states. It’s kind of scary. As for backwoods AR even that’s gone up. You’re gonna pay 1,500/mo on a 1bd community ba anywhere that has chicken plants and seasonal pipeliners.

[@JustinDeRosa]

More reporting about teachers please! Keep it up Suzie!

[@ricnyc2759]

It's over folks: Most Americans think $1 million will be enough for retirement. Sep 24, 2019 - Although $1 million is the oft-cited amount needed to retire comfortably, it might not be enough." $1 million is not enough. The system is broken.

[@jcnot9712]

Ric Nyc I googled that “retirement” word that you speak of and I don’t think the search engine is sure if that word exists in English. Care to elaborate?

[@ricnyc2759]

@@jcnot9712 "Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours."

[@boosted211]

@@ricnyc2759 😐

[@safeatthird6060]

Teachers should start at $100,000.00 out of college, they are the leaders of our children, grand children and great children.

[@trentonpaul598]

Oakland to SF is a super-commute ?

[@blurbslam]

She teaches at the edge of SF brother.

[@marionwilson8141]

Trenton Paul Anywhere in the Bay Area is considered a super commute. Going to the store is a super commute

[@rw4022]

The news is lying. A super commuter is one from Sacramento to Bay Area. This woman is across the Bay.

[@amer9878]

lol Oakland to sf that’s not a super commuter wtf. I commute from Oakland to San Jose and that’s still not a super commuter

[@CouchMan88]

It’s like 30 miles. I commute more than 3 times as far as her for less money.

[@marker]

That's what I think their big picture is make everyone poor on the streets then kick them out leaving only the privileged rich in California

[@Tony-md7dk]

Sounds like a liberal agenda.

[@teneleven2818]

fah q that’s exactly right plus the techies and hipsters and unlimited illegals and legal immigrants moving in like crazy and you have the reason. Plus wealthy nuts who gave up big homes to live tiny ones here. That last example was a common one in the 90s

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

marker The slave class still needs a place to live. Who will serve at restaurants? Wash cars? Sweep the streets? Etc ...

[@rw4022]

Hisfavor1 No republicans run SF

[@teneleven2818]

Hisfavor1 can you explain why? Are there any non liberals democrats in charge of the policies being implemented?

[@chowfun1976]

Traveling from Oakland to SF is not a super commute 🙄

[@thatworktv1960]

P L i know i just did the research mission district to Berkley which is further than oakland . Its only 15 miles alway

[@kimleonard4087]

It is with traffic. That’s why it takes so long.

[@clintscroggs65]

If it takes 3 hours, the mileage doesn't count

[@chowfun1976]

Clint Scroggs super commuters travel long distances from home to work. What you’re describing is just incredibly shitty traffic. Taking three hours to travel ten miles is not a super commute.

[@clintscroggs65]

@@chowfun1976 I guess I'm not up on the commuter lingo. She's not driving, she's riding trains and walking. Seems like a long time to me.

[@wev2344]

By the way, this isn’t just happening in SF, it happens in rural America too.

[@RiceManX69]

Woman, get a motorcycle! You'll save time on commuting and you'll look so cool to your kids!

[@juanmanuelmarquez1974]

Or a van and camp by the gym every other night.

[@jritz619]

Or a bicycle

[@ABCEasyas--]

She’d have to deal with the gridlock traffic though

[@mariekatherine5238]

I departed New York for this same reason. No way will I spend six hours every day driving, or 10 hours on public transportation. I cannot live in a tent behind the school or illegally in my vehicle. It’s the city’s loss. I just turned 60 and no longer possess the physical stamina to live on 3-4 hours of sleep per night. The children deserve better than a burnt out hull of a teacher. I moved to an off-grid cabin and work three days per week as a homeschooling consultant. IOW, I basically retired.

[@denkoxh8610]

When you are considered low income on a salary of $90,000 you know that the system is broken...

[@JVONROCK]

“Rats in a Cage” we studied it in high school in the 60’s, not much new.

[@kimberlynscott9674]

you know its bad when you have to build special housing for teachers to live in the city. smh

[@Bulltrader1728]

This next bubble burst will make 2008 look like a stroll on the beach 🏖... only difference is I’ll be prepared this time with cash on hand to buy everything at a major discount!

[@JusdoinstuF]

GYM STAR ENT I’m ready too

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Oakland to SF is a "super commute?!" That's NOTHING. I'm sure we all know people covering much greater distances! Modesto, Stockton, Sac, and Lathrop to the Bay Area are common now. Dry your eyes little lady.

[@723lion]

Send the problem to London Breed. Shes happily collecting them property tax right now.

[@thegirltype]

By 7am she's on the train. ..... I leave the house at 5am everyday to beat traffic to get to work.

[@dgraykage231]

@Nunovia Gottdamnedbizzness you obviously have no idea what teachers do. I'm sure you know someone who is a teacher. Ask them what their working hours are.

[@gboyce975]

When I worked in SF I had to hit the bay bridge every day before 5:30AM to avoid traffic. Sounds to me, she has a better commute than most.

[@customerservice9602]

Just lol @ Complaining at being up before 7am ... 😂 Oh the horror !

[@LowellBDennyIII]

As a former SFUSD teacher, I want that $62K and $83K questioned. Who are they talking about? I earned $32K in 1995, but you are paid by your education, so a teacher with a PhD earned that $62K back then. This is to say, I wager most incoming teachers have only their BA's and maybe a teaching credential: what are they earning TODAY? If my suspicions are correct, San Francisco is further behind solving this problem than they think, which means they will never solve it.

[@danconlan64]

Oakland not that far away try Sac. or Modesto

[@spencergraham-thille9896]

That commute doesn't sound that bad.

[@spencergraham-thille9896]

She could also get a job in Oakland lol. I am pretty sure that the school district is hiring.

[@wev2344]

1.5 hour commute to and from work is certainly taxing! It’s time for rent controls in Amurika!

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I am in a similar boat and support her, but Oakland to SF is not a super commute. I wish her all the best-and I will probably be in her midst on a 6:45 a.m. train. I, too, was priced out. The Bay Area has irrevocably changed in the past decade, and decent teachers were among the first to flee. Very sad.

[@Notekins]

Oakland to SF commute is not a super commuter. Have you not heard of people from Tracy commuting to San Jose? I even know some ppl from Sacramento commuting to SF. Now THOSE are super commuters.

[@pgaven9396]

Well try doing that and not even getting close to a teacher's wage. Welcome to the world of private security.

[@henrymachtay3684]

It's about Housing Policy! Most of San Francisco is zoned for single family homes, many with large lot requirements. That means you can't build a duplex or a triplex in those neighborhoods. The current residents don't want their ridiculously over-inflated housing values to drop, so they hold fast to large swaths of the city being single family only. Next Problem: towns down the Peninsula (Mountain View, Cupertino) built workplaces, without anyone building any housing for the people who would work in those buildings.

[@Ferreal92]

There are 35,000 cities and towns in the U.S.. MOST of them more affordable to live in than SF, but people just HAVE to live there. Same with L.A. and San Diego. My crappy little house I purchased 20 miles south of L.A. back in 92 for 115,000 (I thought was outrageous at the time) has Chinese, Korean and Indian realtors coming to my door every month showing me lists of people who want to buy my home. These aren't American citizens mind you, these are people living overseas willing pay upwards of $780,000 to move into a crappy neighborhood. This is a situation caused by demand! Too many people from all over willing to live among needles, shit and "homeless" who will pay anything to do so when you could pay less than a third in other states. Ridiculous.

[@KeshavRamola]

Did anyone else not notice that at 2:27 they misspelt "salaries"

[@j1asonal1ex81]

Unacceptable. Don't let any big tech companies in your city.

[@knucklehoagies]

LOL it doesn't matter where big tech companies are located. A lot of them hire remotely anyway. It's going to effect people all over the country.

[@j1asonal1ex81]

@@knucklehoagies I see what your saying.

[@syawkcab]

Tech isn't the problem. Lack of housing is the problem. The fact is, more people want to live in the city than there are housing. When this happens, the richest get the available housing. We need to build more housing so there is capacity for tech AND non-tech people to live.

[@j1asonal1ex81]

@@syawkcab sounds like an opportunity for whoever has the resources needed to make that happen. good luck to them , with getting that work done.

[@RaymondHng]

@@syawkcab Then you have the NIMBYs who will fight tooth and nail to stop a high rise from being built.

[@brandonwombacher2559]

It sucks when you cant afford to drive.

[@syel2219]

Brandon Wombacher for three hours??? I’d rather sit on the train and chill/do work etc..

[@kennymichaelalanya7134]

I'm happy I can walk to work and be on time in 15min.😊. How many people can actually be lucky to say that

[@runfunmc64]

Public transit can be nice bc you don’t have to worry about parking and traffic

[@scottyee707]

I know someone who commutes from carson city... thats a super-commuter, he only has to do 3 days a week but still insane

[@tylergnosis2581]

I'm a Teacher, I wish I was making 90k that's crazy

[@loliolime]

Diffrent standard of living means diffrent pay on where you live.

[@someanimation6807]

Some people from other countries without a college degree making 120k salary in chicago.

[@StefanReich]

"Super"-commute? How about horror-commute

[@diskographi]

Down south in the greater Los Angeles area we all drive more often than not. Once your commute starts involving the 405 freeway, the 10 or other infamously crowded highways your commute will exceed 1 hour. I drove to Torrance the other day and it took me 3 hours.

[@Cmorrison626]

They don’t have kids and schools in Oakland that need teachers?

[@nordette]

Shes used to getting 80k a month shes not gonna go to another school and get paid 40 grand or less even though it means living in an area that would be much more affordable

[@nordette]

@Green Giant exactly! I was going to say she probably can afford to buy her own home now instead of renting a one bedroom for a ridiculous price. Shes winning and doesn't even know it

[@Anewuser_6282]

Oakland is cheaper, still expensive but probably pays less

[@FaithandNova]

@@nordette it's still expensive to buy a home in her city.

[@gboyce975]

Yeah, this story sucked

[@samtaylor1843]

Maybe she should look into vanlife during the week.

[@Eksoteric]

Hahaha complaining about commuting from across the bay in Oakland. That just a normal commute for hundreds.

[@13Grneyez]

nezumi191 so? she has the right to complain dumbass!

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

When she said "Oakland", I gave an audible "what?" I thought she'd be living East of Livermore or something. Oakland is so close! It's like commuting from Brooklyn to Manhattan. This story isn't as bad as I initially thought.

[@Eksoteric]

@@13Grneyez she can complain but calling her a super-commuter is just laughable.

[@hydrobuu]

Oakland is becoming unaffordable as well.

[@mankybrains]

What it was only just Oakland? I commuted from Oakland to San Francisco, to redwood city for 4 years. Like some of you said, I thought she lived in like Antioch, Hayward or Livermore. She's not even close to a supercommuter. I rode amtrack the other week and overheard people commuting from Sacramento to San Francisco. I saw a techie who was commuting all the way to Emeryville from fairfield. From Oakland is just a stones throw away, that's not super commuting. I swear some of these exaggerations from these news stations these days.

[@marionwilson8141]

No ones forcing her to work there. There are schools all over this country that need teachers

[@Hieuroic]

But are those schools paying anywhere close to the ones in SF? I don't think so.

[@marionwilson8141]

Hieuro people get up at 4am for a super commute, not 7 and she only commutes from Oakland which is just across the bay.... I don't feel sorry or her

[@milesmayhem5440]

All teachers are noble heroes.

[@headhitter1]

That's far from a super commuter, start your commute east of the altimont, or east of Fairfield, then say something!!

[@mrtwit5537]

joseph walls Lots of people drive everyday from Los Banos too.

[@trer24]

When it said "super-commuting", i thought she was commuting from Antioch or something...

[@jorgepulidovaladez9418]

Teachers, firefighters, construction workers, lots of trades are facing this problem.

[@sarcasm176]

80k low income?! Thats insane

[@cesarcdx]

*The 1% is making a mess out of San Francisco 💯%.*

[@milesmayhem5440]

cesarcdx don’t forget the inept and corrupt politicians.

[@user-ti2xi9bd4u]

Lmao, I just read an article couple days ago you have to had 300k yearly income in order to buy a house in SF

[@aerogear2000]

Stop rent control in the Bay Area this will fix this problem

[@giuseppeluna1975]

The anchorman brought up a good point at the end. If the city is expensive to the point where it’s pushing out it’s social workers (police, teachers, etc) then I can’t imagine SF being a viable place to live come the next 15-20 years. Try calling 911 and being told there isn’t anyone to answer

[@wilsanchez78]

Many other places to live in the United States. If you are dealing with the San Francisco madness, then you are doing it by choice.

[@southernload5710]

Bought what I can afford, eat what I can afford, moderate size home paid off on what I could afford and enjoying retirement on what I can afford. It's all in my choices to spend much less than I earn! Life isn't brutal when you're frugal. Moderation was my #1 key to be financially free which made me debt free and as happy as can be!

[@franciscoortiz2179]

Life isnt brutal when youre frugal! I love it!

[@wturner777]

I'm with her. I love the Bay Area and its diversity, but can't afford it right now. Born and raised in the Florida Panhandle in a small town. I once lived in Central Florida and it's a little more diversified there, especially cities like Orlando and Miami.

[@thebesteveralina]

A teacher is huge to a child’s life. It’s a shame how things are developing. I’m Europe, teachers are well paid and respected.

[@donaldotrumpriguez2024]

Dam 4 times what people needed to get by 10 years ago is low income now this must be what hyperinflation looks like

[@NasaRacer]

So you all think the answer is to move to middle America? Okay so rent is cheap but then your salary will be like $36k a year.

Chris Teasdale yeah ur salaries gonna be 36k a year if you work some shit job like walmart or something but if you get an actual job you’re going to make more and 36k a year will get you food housing clothes and more instead of living in shithole commiefornia working full time barely able to keep a roof over your head

[@TARLEASE02]

white lol. True.

[@luiysia]

lexi white the teacher's minimum salary in ohio is $23,800 a year. with five years of experience

luiysia well i’m gonna go out on a limb and say ohio is a shit state i wouldn’t want to live in either. seems like it’s going the same direction as cali. i live in oklahoma and teachers salaries average out at 35k a year

[@simplyincorrigible7708]

@ um, full time at walmart is $20k a year in flyover country.

[@itspricila]

in dallas two bedrooms and bathrooms is around $1300. Sf and other cities alike need to have a wake up call now!!

[@macsimiliam]

That happened when you make a city that prioritizes car

[@juliahopesmith7926]

In Toronto this is not rare. Almost everyone I know commutes 1 to 1.5 hours each way to either work or university. So crazy.

[@ddfred2u]

If you can't afford to live in California, move! If enough people leave the prices will come down, and, if you didn't vote for all of the crap legislators and policies you wouldn't have this problem in the first place. Come on over to the mid-west where the air is clean, there is plenty of water and living is affordable; on second thought, stay where you are and we'll continue laughing at you.

[@rw4022]

ddfred2u don’t invite people like this. They voted for this crap and will continue to vote for this crap even though they hate it.

[@mankybrains]

But but buut... Where am I suppose to go..? 😭

[@RGE_Music]

@@mankybrains go where you feel called. Theres an idiot in every spot.

[@TheRazorTongue]

When their supply of teachers and other essential workers drops too low they'll make changes because they won't be able to function otherwise.

[@jellybeans9283]

Former super commuter here, 2 hours one way trip to university, SO bad for your mental health!! Can longer do it