Challenges of Housing Development in California

The chapter delves into the complexities of housing development in California, focusing on the challenges faced by builders and developers in the Bay Area. It highlights the regulatory hurdles, lengthy approval processes, and inefficiencies in addressing the affordable housing crisis, which is exacerbated by high costs and scarcity of housing options. The discussion also explores the idea of suspending regulations during infrastructure crises to spur quick action but acknowledges the contradictions within progressivism that complicate such approaches.