Rarely have I seen an article with such a disturbing neoliberal bias.
Good on the union, they invested in assets and used the revenues to successfully fight for political progress.
"Some tenants complained about conditions" the article quotes one person, a far cry from the claim of generalised shoddy maintenance. The 6 figure salary is 130k which is nothing in San Diego.
The Union has successfully fought for many things, including, as the article admits, against better funded pro capitalist campaigns funded from out of state. The article conflates all the union fights with the rent revenues, whereas the Union has many other sources of funding. Not all their fights should be about affordable housing.
I hope you posted this here as an example of creative union funding, contributing to affordable housing and improving material conditions of the working class, and successfully fighting for labour rights.
I wish you found an article that did that without the disgusting neoliberal bias.