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California’s Density Bonus Works! And That’s Actually The Problem
A new study shows how increasing developer incentives can generate new units, but the state is digging out of a 50-year hole
Two contradictory things have been true of the YIMBY revolution in California land use law: 1) The California Legislature has been perhaps the most aggressive of any state in pre-empting local discretion to block housing, and giving new incentives to build; and 2) It doesn’t seem to have done much good so far. The classic …
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