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Great piece on the lackluster effects of California’s new housing laws. Legislators have finally challenged anti-density NIMBYism, but by loading on inclusionary zoning and wage requirements, they’ve made newly legal housing too costly to build www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

theatlantic.comThe Real Reason California Can’t BuildIn trying to accomplish every objective and accommodate every interest, all at once, the state set up its housing agenda to fail.

Michael Andersen

@andersem.bsky.social

17 Aug

How do you think this interacts with your observation that CA’s multifamily building increase has been offset by slowing exurbanization?

Stephen Jacob Smith

@stephenjacobsmith.com

A lot of that increase is in ADUs, which the author covers as an example of how plain bagel housing supply bills do work!

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