> So why do I make an exception in this case, favoring the state government’s nullification of local government rules? I had this same reservation, but that is

> So why do I make an exception in this case, favoring the state government’s nullification of local government rules? I had this same reservation, but that is looking at it the wrong way. The US constitution's 1st amendment isn't central control, it is a human rights guarantee. Liberalizing restrictions on housing is likewise not central control, but shoring up property rights against local deprivation. Japan had a housing crisis in the 1980s, but they pulled themselves out of it by massively liberalizing zoning and other restrictions on home construction, at the national level. Today families earning median incomes in Tokyo can afford to buy homes. That is something not true of San Francisco, New York, London Paris, etc. https://archive.is/pVrex https://archive.is/pVrex