# Professor Arun Sundararajan is interviewed about the vote on Proposition F in San Francisco

1 Faculty News November 3, 2015 ![Salon logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/salon-logo.jpg?itok=bcLmPlsV)>

Excerpt from [Salon](http://www.salon.com/2015/11/03/the_genie_is_out_of_the_bottle_why_san_franciscos_airbnb_backlash_wont_chill_the_sharing_economy/) -- "I’ve looked at the analysis that the city of San Francisco and Airbnb did on its impact on short-term rental availability, and the conclusion I drew was that there are other factors – the growth of the population, the widespread prevalence of rent control – that have had far greater impact on the shortage of affordable rental housing than Airbnb."

[Read more](http://www.salon.com/2015/11/03/the_genie_is_out_of_the_bottle_why_san_franciscos_airbnb_backlash_wont_chill_the_sharing_economy/)

Additional coverage appeared on [Fusion](http://fusion.net/story/226700/san-francisco-prop-f-airbnb-results/).