California has the right idea but wrong execution
California is forces cities to build more housing or face legal action. California's giving cities 30 days to fix their housing plans or the state steps in, and honestly, they're right. We do need more housing, but here's a problem that a lot of people don't talk about. Every city is different. Herba Valley is completely different than Half Moon Bay.
You see, like Herba Valley still has land. It can build out new homes, new communities, it makes sense. But a place like Half Moon Bay, you're built out nowhere to go. So when the state forces every city to hit the same goals, it creates a total different problem. One city needs expansion and another city needs redevelopment, density, and creative solutions.
Bottom line is yes, we need more housing, all of it, but the strategy one size fits all is what's gonna create more problems than solutions.