What an awful article. Not a single mention of required setback laws at play in virtually every major city? We're required to keep 25 feet of setback. That mean

What an awful article. Not a single mention of required setback laws at play in virtually every major city? We're required to keep 25 feet of setback. That means 25 feet of dead grass, water-guzzling lawn, or some mixture of other things. Imagine how much more square footage could be added around the bay area if that 25 feet was changed to just 5 feet? It's amazing to me that such "progressive" cities such as in the bay area maintain such awful laws regarding required setbacks. Haven't these cities learned the more they try and control things the worse it gets?