Epoch Times - Here's How California's Climate Policy Makes Housing Shortage Worse #californiainsider
Aired: 2023-11-23
Duration: 00:43

[00:00:00]  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.
[00:00:11]  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.
[00:00:18]  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.
[00:00:27]  Well, the price of housing in California and the shortage of new housing in California, it's a very severe problem.
[00:00:32]  Should we balance that against what this policy is doing for the climate, which is, by the way, nothing?
[00:00:37]  It's doing nothing for the climate if you don't build housing in California.
[00:00:40]  But we're not building housing in California because climate.