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> There are lots of sparsely populated areas in CA where developers can effectively build whatever they want. Objectively wrong: every county in California req
by postingFourFast 7y ago
> There are lots of sparsely populated areas in CA where developers can effectively build whatever they want.
Objectively wrong: every county in California requires building permits and has zoning.
- gamblor956 7y agoI used the qualifier "effectively" because in practice the building permit requirements and zoning restrictions widely vary across the state and they are many counties where these restrictions are extremely light. In practice, there are plenty of rural counties where building permits are a pro forma formality and all applications for permits are approved. In practice, there are plenty of rural counties where the county will re-zone plots to satisfy developer requests because they'd rather see the land develop and bring tax-paying jobs than see the land lie fallow with its original zoning. Even urban counties will change zoning to satisfy developer requests. Most of the new multi-unit residential construction in LA in the past few years has required zoning exemptions or zoning changes. The building I live in required both a zoning exemption and a zoning change...