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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: my question was not why schools in CA are worse than elsewhere. My question was how can poor people afford to stay in rapidly gentrifying cities (not SF). 
In my city rent control was passed only around 2016. It helps some but I think it’s not all. 
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The short answer is that they can't--California is losing a million residents a year, and those who are leaving are disproportionately households making under $55K. The lower-income families who do stay are usually either protected by rent control, living in affordable housing developments, living in substandard housing (apartments or houses that couldn't be rented for market rate to gentrifiers without a lot of repairs and remodeling), doubling up with family, or living in homes they own that they bought before costs were at their current level.

Based on your description, I'm guessing you may live in Mountain View. If so, it's worth noting that MV is a dramatically different city than it was 20 years ago. The schools are changing too, but those changes lag the overall changes in the city given the demographic of who is moving in. MV has also been very proactive in working to ensure that lower-income families are able to stay in the city as rents rise. Still a long way to go, obviously, but they have made more headway than some of the other Peninsula cities.[/quote]

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