Legislation means nothing, unless they fire every bureaucrat, gut the regulations and get rid of the we are doing you a favor attitude and realize they need us builders more than we need them.
I have the ability to build but the time required to get approvals , the restrictions the union requirements the interest rates the time to get approvals means only 10% the needed housing will get built in the next few years. I have been waiting to get a 500sf garage approved on a very large property for 4 months in Eldorado County. It will probably take a year because the bureaucracy asks for one request at a time ā¦ meaning each department delays approval for one month at a timeā¦ itās ridiculous. 40 years ago this garage would have been approved over the counter.
In 1980 we got approval to build a 280,000 sf office building now owned by Oracle in 6 weeksā¦ the problem is today the bureaucracy thinks itās normal to delay projects for years and burden it with BMR s, environmental restrictions like only being allowed to break ground in the dry season, union laborā¦
The progressives are so stupid they need to become homeless to figure out their strategy is a disasterā¦
What thes idiots donāt get us there is no such thing as affordable housing. The codes are the same for everyone. Materials and labor cost are in the stratosphere. Engineers over design to the maxā¦ ā¦ everyone in the construction process is looking over their shoulder for potential lawsuitsā¦ there is absolutely no incentive to value engineer and build cheaperā¦ the only subsidy that makes sens is subsidies for renters like Section 8 and let builders build all the market housing they canā¦ wonāt happen because the commies in Sacramento canāt stand capitalismā¦ they think building industry should be a charityā¦ voodoo politicsā¦
This is a sign that voters should fire the entire legislature. Thereās no such thing as new construction thatās affordable. It doesnāt fix that $700/sq ft construction will never be affordable.