Well, Conyers may side with the GOP on this and Pelosi not because more of Conyers' constituents have had their houses torn down in recent years to make way for casinos (not sure if the casinos are in his district) or the Super Bowl or--well, you can tear down just about anything in Detroit and claim you're improving things.

Whereas, in SF, you tear down a private building and you've just ripped down several million dollars worth of real estate.