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Another issue is water: the more people, the more water. No one in California wants that. so the farm lobby can paradoxically be incentivized to vote for housin
by niels_olson 10y ago
Another issue is water: the more people, the more water. No one in California wants that. so the farm lobby can paradoxically be incentivized to vote for housing regulation as long as it doesn't affect their labor costs inland.
- TruthAndDare 10y ago> the farm lobby can paradoxically be incentivized to vote for housing regulation Why is it paradoxical? Because they could otherwise have more buyers of their products?
- costcopizza 10y agoMaybe the farm lobby generally supports deregulation legislation and other "pro-business" agenda.
- niels_olson 10y agoLabor is the biggest cost in almost any enterprise and your labor's housing is their biggest expense. But that doesn't mean the farmer actually has to eat that burden. And, geographically, farm areas surely have less population pressure for housing space.