This is all about trying to short circuit attempts at the state level in reforming housing like SB10 and SB478. The first allows skipping of some environmental

This is all about trying to short circuit attempts at the state level in reforming housing like SB10 and SB478. The first allows skipping of some environmental checks but the second goes after cities by limiting how floor area ratio (FAR)regulations are applied; the common tactic is to upzone a property to look like it permits denser housing but set a FAR requirement that completely blocks it. Sadly for libertarians like me it is going to take state intervention over cities and counties to fix it. Why is that a problem, well I would prefer the cities and counties to fix it themselves as local governance should be able to do that. However the real culprit is the entire process has been hijacked by special interest groups along all lines who want their piece of the pie or simply don't want anyone else to have a share of the pie. So through the elected officials by whom they control through contributions and media to the courts when all else fails it is very difficult to get anything actually done.