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It’s not possible to build any new housing in California. The vast majority of projects are blocked by the powerful landowner lobby. Throwing money at the homel

by woah 6y ago

It’s not possible to build any new housing in California. The vast majority of projects are blocked by the powerful landowner lobby. Throwing money at the homeless problem doesn’t help the homeless much and just pushes property values higher. The government and tax system of California is a perfectly designed instrument to transfer wealth from newcomers to homeowners.

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Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
Change the law. Can anyone remind me what the rich when ending this racket is on the ballot?
- api 6y ago
  Homeowners are benefiting from these policies, at least in the short term, and statistically homeowners vote a lot more than renters or more transient residents. At some point the most rational thing becomes to leave California if you are not a homeowner, or to never go there in the first place, and to geographically diversify the industries that are located there. All these things seem to be happening already. Ship may have sailed.
jelliclesfarm 6y ago
you can build new housing in california. its just difficult to build affordable housing apartment complexes in the bay area and other affluent zipcodes. california is huge. if they fixed transport problem(HST failed), we have plenty of space to build homes. its not like we are the australian bush or something..these are perfectly buildable areas..its just not san francisco or the bay area or wherever there is high density and everyone want to flock to the nicest place to live as cheaply as possible.
- woah 6y ago
  Is this satire? The current situation is the direct result of what you are recommending. California has tried to suburban sprawl our way out of our problems for 80 years. We have service workers commuting 4 hours a day, freeways at a standstill, and all those “buildable areas” that they have to bulldoze forests for get burned down every year.
  - jelliclesfarm 6y ago
    you will get an answer if you delete the 'is this satire' beginning to your comment. because then, i will read the rest of it.

by woah 6y ago

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Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago

Change the law. Can anyone remind me what the rich when ending this racket is on the ballot?

api 6y ago
Homeowners are benefiting from these policies, at least in the short term, and statistically homeowners vote a lot more than renters or more transient residents. At some point the most rational thing becomes to leave California if you are not a homeowner, or to never go there in the first place, and to geographically diversify the industries that are located there. All these things seem to be happening already. Ship may have sailed.

jelliclesfarm 6y ago

you can build new housing in california. its just difficult to build affordable housing apartment complexes in the bay area and other affluent zipcodes. california is huge. if they fixed transport problem(HST failed), we have plenty of space to build homes. its not like we are the australian bush or something..these are perfectly buildable areas..its just not san francisco or the bay area or wherever there is high density and everyone want to flock to the nicest place to live as cheaply as possible.

woah 6y ago
Is this satire? The current situation is the direct result of what you are recommending. California has tried to suburban sprawl our way out of our problems for 80 years. We have service workers commuting 4 hours a day, freeways at a standstill, and all those “buildable areas” that they have to bulldoze forests for get burned down every year.
- jelliclesfarm 6y ago
  you will get an answer if you delete the 'is this satire' beginning to your comment. because then, i will read the rest of it.