Flannery wants to build a new city in California and has already bought almost a billion worth of land for it. Solano County where the land is located has a so-called “Orderly Growth Measure” saying that new building should happen in existing cities and not on empty land. In order to start building at all, they have to win a referendum granting an exemption.
It’s not just blocking redevelopments of themselves. It’s blocking almost all development almost everywhere.
As an example—take a look at Scott’s Alexander writing about California Forever/Flannery.
Flannery wants to build a new city in California and has already bought almost a billion worth of land for it. Solano County where the land is located has a so-called “Orderly Growth Measure” saying that new building should happen in existing cities and not on empty land. In order to start building at all, they have to win a referendum granting an exemption.
Wow, it’s worse than I thought. Maybe the housing problem is “government-complete” and resists all lower level attempts to solve it.