Yes, the carbon emissions will be higher. Especially in the first 30 years, which is doubly bad because climate scientists across the board are are raising the alarm that we must drastically -reduce- carbon emissions in the next -decade- to avoid extremely dangerous climate crisis tipping points that could literally destroy human civilization.

For example, when we greatly raise emissions near term (as this project does) we trigger increased melting of permafrost all over the planet, which will cause an exponential increase in methane emissions into the atmosphere. Methane is at least 20 times more powerful a warming trigger than CO2.

The proposed Parkmerced plan is dangerous 20th century style planning that must be scrapped. We must forever change how we do large scale residential development.

Actually, the Trinity Plaza rent control agreement could indeed be struck down according to recent court decisions.

And if it ever changes ownership from the current local, accountable, developer, to an absentee international finance corporation like Fortress (which owns Parkmerced) that is likely exactly what will happen.

Not only is Parkmerced too big to fail now, the developers and City are preparing to double us down on stupid by making what is too big to fail even bigger, so that next time it fails, it will require even more public subsidy, just like Citibank.

-marc

San Francisco has a legal requirement to change "how it is" - so really enough of this faux up in arms over perceived developer kickbacks.
If San Francisco of 1906 was populated by the luddites and Amber fetishizationists of today, then we would be Fresno by the sea.
People lament the loss of what makes San Francisco unique - and in the same breath assist in placing the last death nails in the coffin.
Change nothing anywhere ever! In the meantime I'll stick my head in the sand and ignore the world advancing around me

Here's the likely result of making a 'compromise' with a corporation like Fortress.

from:

http://vancouvercondo.info/2009/02/is-vancouver-the-new-fortress.html

"The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the City of Vancouver is expected to buy out Fortress Investment Groups financing of the $1 billion Olympic Village:

Vancouver city manager Penny Ballem is meeting with council Wednesday morning to tell them arrangements have been made to assume the $750 million loan Fortress made to Millennium Developments.

In its place, the city is expected to sign a financing deal with a consortium of Canadian financial institutions.

In October Fortress stopped advancing money to Millennium for its monthy construction draws after it claimed the developer was “out of balance” on its loan requirements. That forced the city to borrow $100 million from itself to pay the monthly draws and provoked the council into asking the provincial government for special legislation allowing it to borrow an unlimited amount of money in order to consider removing Fortress as the lender."