IIRC Jerry Brown lived in a converted warehouse when he was mayor of Oakland. Did he encourage other people to use old converted warehouse space for non warehouse purposes?
Brown, California’s former governor, helped write the Political Reform Act of 1974, a landmark government ethics initiative that bars officials from making decisions that could benefit them financially.
In February, the commission ruled that the law barred Brown from participating in downtown Oakland redevelopment projects because he co-owns a live-work compound and converted warehouse in the targeted area. The commission said it was “reasonably foreseeable” that the redevelopment could increase the value of the mayor’s property.
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/13/news/mn-36064