The linked article says they are but the California government has been lobbied to not care about the will of the voters. Almost like it’s corrupt per my original point upstream.
You always have lobbying on an issue like that, and lobbying itself isn’t corruption.
California happens to have a referendum process and enough rich techis that want to build more housing to run such a referendum if it would pool well enough to have a good chance of getting passed.
The decisions can be made at the state level just the laws have not yet passed.
https://www.enr.com/articles/48600-housing-density-effort-fails-in-california
Yes, laws could be passed but at the moment the democratic majorities are not there for passing them on the state level.
The linked article says they are but the California government has been lobbied to not care about the will of the voters. Almost like it’s corrupt per my original point upstream.
You always have lobbying on an issue like that, and lobbying itself isn’t corruption.
California happens to have a referendum process and enough rich techis that want to build more housing to run such a referendum if it would pool well enough to have a good chance of getting passed.