California’s Housing Crisis Reaches a ‘Breaking Point’

Re:California’s Housing Crisis Reaches a ‘Breaking Point’ by PeterisP on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:37PM (#14793222)

Zoning laws aren't handed out by God on stone tablets. If current zoning laws prohibit the apartment buildings the cities need, the cities can and should change the zoning laws.

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Re:California’s Housing Crisis Reaches a ‘Breaking Point’ by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:49PM (#14793282)

Cities don't need things. People need things. The relevant question is, Which people are the city?

Is it the business people who own businesses there? Yes.

Is it the people who live there? Yes, them too.

Is it the people who don't live there, but want to move there? No, it's not. That's the problem.

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Re:California’s Housing Crisis Reaches a ‘Breaking Point’ by davidw on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:41PM (#14793248)

But the people who want to change them can't afford to live there:

https://shift.newco.co/letter-of-resignation-from-the-palo-a...

Best bet is probably statewide initiatives such as those proposed by Scott Weiner. https://twitter.com/scott_wiener

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Re:California’s Housing Crisis Reaches a ‘Breaking Point’ by dcd0101 on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:54PM (#14793304)

Seems like those laws come from people that already live there, and it seems kinda reasonable for a community to have those opinions and make their own ordinances. The part I don't understand is why most of the sector doesn't just leave.

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Re:California’s Housing Crisis Reaches a ‘Breaking Point’ by seanmcdirmid on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:41PM (#14793245)

Democracy makes that difficult.

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