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Left NIMBYs Strike Out Yet Again
The Urban Institute study that they cite as evidence for stopping housing does not say what they claim.
The recent publication of Ezra Klein’s and Derek Thompson’s Abundance has the Alt-Left NIMBYs out in force. Again. Outraged by Klein and Thompson’s call for zoning reform, they argue that zoning reform has nothing to do with housing affordability. That’s their standard line. What isn’t standard is their reliance on a quality peer-reviewed study from …
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CONTINUE READINGPositive Signs That California’s New Housing Laws Will be Enforced
Recent Actions by California Courts & State Officials Are Encouraging, & Push Back Against Local Government Recalcitrance on the Housing Reform Front
In a recent post, I analyzed the California Legislature’s recent passage and Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing into law of two important bills–SB 9 and SB 10–designed to confront California’s well-documented housing crisis. Those laws represent but the latest chapter in the Legislature’s record-setting enactment of numerous statutes in recent years to incentivize and mandate construction …
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CONTINUE READINGA Legislative Response to California’s Housing Emergency: Senator Skinner’s SB 330
How to Make a Good Bill Even Better
(This post is co-authored by U.C. Davis Law School Professor Chris Elmendorf) Last week, as President Trump harrumphed about the faux emergency on our nation’s Southern border, California State Senator Nancy Skinner introduced a potentially transformative bill that addresses California’s real emergency: the ever-escalating cost of housing in the state’s economically productive metropolitan regions. As …
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