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Nov. 23, 2023 - Epoch Times
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Here's How California's Climate Policy Makes Housing Shortage Worse #californiainsider
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You know, it also affects housing, the climate policies, because under California law, driving a long distance is considered an impact on the climate, so an outlying community can't be built for new housing.
So it's all this infill, it's all this squeeze people together and create density in single-family neighborhoods that get people all upset.
They're pushing for that because if you try to get approval to develop housing in an outlying area, like a new suburb, oh my goodness, that's sprawl, that's bad for the climate.
Well, the price of housing in California and the shortage of new housing in California, it's a very severe problem.
Should we balance that against what this policy is doing for the climate, which is, by the way, nothing?
It's doing nothing for the climate if you don't build housing in California.
But we're not building housing in California because climate.
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