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Joint Episode with The Political Orphanage: NEPA's Paperwork Hell

The New Liberal Podcast

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What's the Biggest Barrier to Building Things in Cities?

The Empire State Building took 410 days of construction from beginning to end. The Golden Gate Bridge was finished in around four years. I think the two biggest ones are environmental review, and that takes both NEPA and CEQA. And they're just zoning and planning in cities.

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