More housing supply, cheaper housing?

California is losing population, interest rates were at historic lows, Wall Street investment firms are buying homes, and Airbnb is converting existing homes into vacation rentals. The housing market is complicated; there is no silver bullet. Who pays for the new infrastructure? The sewers? The Schools? The traffic impacts? According to the new state laws, not the new projects, the existing residents do. Building housing and building affordable housing are two completely different market segments. How many of these state laws require actual, enforced, non-owner-occupied affordable housing? None.

Let's vote them out and get "our politician" in there.

We've tried. In the rare circumstance we won, they turned their backs on us. Sacramento is the proverbial snake-pit of back-room deals, scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Both parties are complicit; the Democrats have the votes. The Republicans go along to get along or believe the narrative. Both parties have the monetary interests behind them

How many new State laws have passed since? Is this really a problem?

Sacramento has failed. There are two main weapons in the assault on California’s neighborhoods: New laws and new regulations. Sacramento lawmakers have passed over 400 laws in the last eight years alone, stripping away local control over development and allowing large developers to bypass nearly all local rules. That’s right — over 400 laws! These laws supersede the local authority almost entirely. There is literally nothing cities can do. What have those 400 laws done? Build luxury homes.

Let's organize and fight back against these new State laws!

Unfortunately, every single grassroots effort to push back has failed. Sacramento bulldozes (literally) local opposition and overturns the rare court win with new laws. Even electing new legislators hasn’t worked. In fact, the laws keep getting worse every year. For every battle that is won, there are dozens of new State laws destroying your neighborhood.

Can't we just amend a project, or even stop it?

No. State laws are now written to "streamline" the approval process. This means there is merely an application to your local building department, and the project will be administratively approved within a state-mandated timeframe. If you attempt to file a lawsuit, your chances of winning are almost zero, and it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Lawyers and the legal process aren't cheap. When a project approval is successful, the underlying laws remain in place. Even if the project is not approved, the underlying laws remain in place.

Can't we just file a lawsuit to stop these new housing laws?

Lawsuits are draining. Some lawsuits are winners, others are losers. Ultimately, filing a lawsuit is often fruitless. When there is a win against a recently passed State law, the Legislators merely update the broken part. Every lawsuit costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and fails; the money is better spent on a statewide initiative. Years of court decisions, court battles, anger, emotion, and time only allow for more State laws to be passed.

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More housing supply, cheaper housing?
Let’s vote them out and get “our politician” in there.
How many new State laws have passed since? Is this really a problem?
Let’s organize and fight back against these new State laws!
Can’t we just amend a project, or even stop it?
Can’t we just file a lawsuit to stop these new housing laws?

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More housing supply, cheaper housing?

Let’s vote them out and get “our politician” in there.

How many new State laws have passed since? Is this really a problem?

Let’s organize and fight back against these new State laws!

Can’t we just amend a project, or even stop it?

Can’t we just file a lawsuit to stop these new housing laws?

Let’s Connect!

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