My relatives built a house by the ocean in San Diego. They had huge cost increases and aesthetic limitations caused by these regulations which treat inland hou

My relatives built a house by the ocean in San Diego. They had huge cost increases and aesthetic limitations caused by these regulations which treat inland housing the same as those right on the water. They also had to give up roof deck for solar panels, which is just stupid because there are better places to host solar panels. I’m further inland, and I pay basically no money for energy. A box fan and occasionally, a one-room AC unit (because I work from home) or a space heater is all that’s needed. There is absolutely no justification for such energy efficiency regulations in San Diego or the Bay Area, where I used to live. Your argument about reduced cost is purely hypothetical, and not reality. > These requirements absolutely need government regulation because the "free market" leads to a non optimal outcome. That would not mean we “need” government regulation. Leave people alone.