Does it have to be so hard to pass a housing bill? Not really, and here's a bold path forward
s did their deed “without offering any meaningful proposal that could reverse the state’s debilitating housing shortage.”
I always hear from readers who argue that if people can’t afford to live in high-rent areas, they should go elsewhere.Tell that to a teacher in West L.A. or a nurse in Beverly Hills. Do we want them schlepping in from Riverside and San Bernardino counties every day, even as the planet melts? Atkins told me on Tuesday that she and Gov. Gavin Newsom still hope to wrangle a housing production bill into existence this year. Voters, she said, list their top concerns as homelessness, lack of new housing and lack of affordable housing. So legislators have to find a way, and residents need to step up as well.Look, I understand why people wouldn’t want a high-rise apartment building jammed into the middle of a tract house development.
Anybody paying off a loan gets a nice mortgage deduction, and Proposition 13 keeps property tax rates low. And many benefit from exclusionary zoning that reduces density, which keeps the housing supply down and raises the value of their homes while rents soar.
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