[throwing838383]

Think of it like Climate Change. Sure, we can't fix the entire environment by planting a few trees, but every little bit helps.

we owe it to future generations to try our best and get as much housing supply as we possibly can. The whole problem isn't going away in 1 year, it took 4+ decades to create this problem and it will take multiple decades to fix it completely too.

Look at Houston. It's the 4th largest city in the US and growing much more quickly than any other city in CA. Their housing prices are 100$/sq ft!! How did they accomplish that? No zoning laws. Developers built as much housing as people needed and everyone prospers: it's win/win, more jobs, more housing, more prosperity. There's no reason this can't be done in an area with "nice weather"

[secabeen]

Houston is really sprawling, and can expand in all directions. If the LA area didn't have an adjacent ocean, and mountains, it would be easier. Instead, if we do expand out past the mountains, then everyone has to funnel through the passes.

[dillonmckay]

That is how people wind up in this situation...

https://apps.texastribune.org/harvey-reservoirs/

Building homes in reservoirs.