Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing supply

Re:Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing su... by aluminum96 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:06PM (#28560402)

> we are out of space in the Bay Area

This could not be further from the truth. Consider: the Terraces at Lafayette, a proposed new apartment building that would replace an empty field. The City of Lafayette delayed the project for almost a decade entirely on spurious grounds. We are not out of space, it just feels like it because we refuse to allow our space to be used efficiently.

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Re:Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing su... by khazhoux on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:21PM (#28560504)

Eh, your example is on the other side of the hills, where yeah there's space -- and also horrendous traffic bottlenecks to get to/from the bay-surrounding cities. Which are out of space.

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Re:Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing su... by zbrozek on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:07AM (#28561831)

They're not out of space. There's a lot of yard and a lot of altitude to fill. There's empty fields all over the south bay. Luckily, some near my previous place in Sunnyvale recently-ish got turned into town houses. My current house is adjacent to two empty acres.

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