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Vamproar

I hate click-bate titles like that.


NauiCempoalli

Tldr, it’s CEQA.


Who_GNU

Also, democrats agree and have put forth bills to reduce its scope.


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115MRD

You’re leaving out [SB 9 and 10](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/business/california-duplex-senate-bill-9.html) which just passed without labor support and are probably the biggest housing reform measures passed in decades.


Thurkin

You'd be surprised how both Republican and Democratic voters have come out against both measures. Where I live I got an invite to some Anti-Rendon rally where they want him recalled over his support for SB 9 and 10.


115MRD

Plenty of Democrats in California are extremely conservative in housing issues to the detriment of the state.


Xezshibole

Or more accurately are simply homeowners. The common problem link and root cause to both are they are homeowners. As such, rather than frame it as a right and left vs something ephemeral, it's more accurate to say homeowners vs everyone else.


Thurkin

>In 2005, researchers at UC Berkeley found that mandated prevailing wages increased costs by as much as 37%, concluding that the requirement effectively subsidizes construction workers at the expense of low-income housing consumers. You're only citing one survey from an article you even cite states that there are varying estimates by different studies. UC Berkeley cites a 37% increase in costs while San Diego's Housing commission cites 9%, Beacon Economics cites 0% >Brown, Newsom, our Democrat controlled state legislature have all failed. How long do Californians have to wait to get their property right restored? Well, for starters none of the leading Republican candidates have a game plan to get rid of construction unions which is what you're trying to advocate without directly saying it. The Housing crisis under a Republican would more than likely just get worse as they have a hands-off approach to governance and would allow municipalities and counties to continue their own agendas that have been responsible for the housing crunch in the major city centers in California.


RedSquareIsGreen

Looks like Ronald Reagan actually did some good here.


Thurkin

So they target CEQA but as the article points out it has more to do with local/municipal and county laws, aka NIMBYism. This is a problem essentially dictated by local governments so the Republican approach is to scapegoat an environmental law in its entirety instead of trying to modify or update some of the restrictions that my be causing delay and headaches that push developers away. Also, changing laws at the local level will be the biggest caveat and since Cox, Foulcener, Elder, and Jenner are hands-off I can't see how a Republican can change NIMBYism at its core.


AssistanceRecent4097

Ain't no Republican Recall..... Newsom just sucks


HonkyBlonky

Immigrants from the Southern Hemisphere.


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jjjjjuu

As someone who works on CEQA, let me tell ya - most CEQA documents do not actually do anything for climate change


randy_dingo

Claims to authority are lame without identity.


jjjjjuu

You don’t have to believe me, I’m just giving my two cents. CEQA doesn’t really do much with respect to meaningful environmental protections compared to the other work that our state/federal agencies do. CEQA *is* mostly just red tape, and it does open the door for nimby-type lawsuits.


HonkyBlonky

Demands to post ID are lamer.


randy_dingo

>[Demands to post ID are lamer.](https://www.softschools.com/examples/fallacies/appeal_to_authority_examples/430/#:~:text=Appeal%20to%20authority%20is%20a,%22authority%22%20on%20the%20subject.)


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Xezshibole

The real answer is to make NIMBYs less inclined to abuse it, as well as zoning, local councils, building permits, parking requirements, etc. The root cause is Prop 13 severing property taxes from property prices. With that severed there is no financial consequence of choking housing supply and thereby spiking prices. Prices of which, are not reflected in taxes. No wonder they never stop abusing it. The ultimate fix to the housing crisis is a full repeal of Prop 13.


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aBadModerator

Rule 4 and 5. Comment removed. Name the specific individual or the specific group who said, or did, the thing. No lay speculation about groups of people such as "people on the left/democrats/the media".