Though California is home to billionaires who have struck it big in high tech, when the cost of living is taken into account, the Golden State ranks as the most poverty-stricken state, with a fifth of the population struggling to get by, says a New York Times columnist. “The problems of affordable housing and homelessness have surpassed all superlatives — what was a crisis is now an emergency that feels like a dystopian showcase of American inequality,” writes Farhad Manjoo.
Lawmakers have done little to turn the tide. The state legislature just squelched Senate Bill 50, “an ambitious effort to undo restrictive local zoning rules and increase the supply of housing.” Manjoo writes that the bill was shelved through “a sketchy parliamentary maneuver.” The not-in-my-backyard approach to housing policy, where government places restrictions on multifamily projects, discouraging new development, continues to reign.
Advertisement
Related Stories
Codes + Standards
Public Comment Period Opens for National Green Building Standard Updates
The 45-day public comment period for draft 2 of the 2024 NGBS begins on April 12, 2024
Codes + Standards
Public Comment Period Opens for 2024 National Green Building Standard Update
The 45-day public comment period opened Aug. 18, and comments must be submitted by Oct. 2, 2023
Codes + Standards
The Inefficiencies of the Latest Energy Code
The 2021 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) hampers the return on investment for builders and homebuyers
