re: U-haul Shortages In San Francisco

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which is heavily influenced by taxes and policy right?

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Supply and demand and wealthy investors buying property just to rent it out mostly. The article even states that some wealthy tech investors might seeing that prices are now too high to rent out so they’re getting out since they can work remotely. Seems like they milked it dry and now it’s too expensive to attract lessees.

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The sky-high rent and cost of living that we've come to expect from the Bay Area might have finally taken their toll on a large proportion of residents. A huge wave of people are considering more affordable cities outside the world's tech capital, and they're taking their startups and investors with them, as Kevin Roose reported for The New York Times.

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People renting are leaving and the people who rent to them can’t make money so they’re leaving.

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which is heavily influenced by taxes and policy right?

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Didn't read the article? Typical.