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By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views
Developers want to develop. Cities like Oakland need housing and yet California has a massive housing shortage, an affordable housing shortage and worse. How bad is it? The State passed a bill allowing you to put a “granny flat” in your backyard.
“California’s housing crisis, particularly in the Bay Area, is notorious and well covered, with news stories chronicling homeless encampments, “pod” housing, and people forced to live in cars. But a surprising and encouraging piece of news emerged from Oakland recently. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland will produce almost 50 percent more housing units this year than San Francisco—6,800 versus 4,700—though Oakland has half the population and only 40 percent as many jobs as San Francisco. Just as surprising is the jump in Oakland’s housing production: the number of units brought to market in 2019 will be almost 15 times the number completed in 2018 and more than three times the number of units produced between 2013 and 2018 combined.”
Sadly, most towns like L.A. and San Fran turn down most requests for new housing. Then you have the State mandate to build only near transportation sites—stack em and pack em. High rise apartment buildings few parking places, lots of bike racks. Enough to make sure the middle class leave California.
Related article : If You Let Them, They Will Build
Stephen Frank: Is the the publisher and editor of the California Political News and Views. Mr. Frank speaks all over California and appears as a guest on several radio shows each week. He has also served as a guest host on radio talk shows and is a full time political consultant. http://capoliticalnews.com/
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