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The California Housing Revolution That Wasn't

California's zoning reforms failed to increase housing supply because laws simultaneously removed regulatory barriers while creating new ones through wage requirements, affordability mandates, and local autonomy protections.

Real estate

fromFast Company

2 months ago

How a former Forest Service employee changed the future of housing in California

Silicon Valley-backed activists and Brian Hanlon led reforms enabling more housing near transit and limiting environmental-law blocks to increase California housing supply.

SF politics

fromMission Local

4 months ago

Asian residents in S.F. are often cast as NIMBYs. Some are sick and tired of it.

Asian urbanists in San Francisco organize to show support for pro-housing, pro-infrastructure policies, countering the perception that Westside Chinese Americans oppose growth.

SF politics

from48 hills

4 months ago

The surreal world of the supes and the Lurie [Rich] Family Zoning Plan - 48 hills

Market-driven dense luxury development under current zoning displaces residents, fails to secure affordable housing, and privileges developer profit over community preservation.

NYC real estate

from48 hills

9 months ago

New Yimby bill would make it harder for cities to raise money for affordabe housing - 48 hills

The Yimby movement opposes a bill that complicates local efforts to raise funds for affordable housing through real-estate transfer taxes.