[thatfrenchguy]

> But building affordable housing is too far a step

Building any housing that's not a McMansion in SF is literally almost impossible. NIMBY politics run deep in California.

[yardie]

California has so many great things going for it the locals would rather it not change. So they’ll pretend it’s full. And aggravate people there to leave and convince outsiders it’s not worth going to.

That’s how I interpret the laws. They are dysfunctional for a reason. Because no rational government could run this way.