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And you can find houses for $500k in California right now, so clearly they can build them, but where people want?

Don't know if this will work, but Zillow found 285 properties between 475-500k built in 2022 that are houses:

https://www.zillow.com/ca/?searchQueryState=%7B%22pagination...

> clearly they can build them, but where people want?

its time for the California City Development Company to shine. It's already the 3rd largest city in the state so surely they can adequately handle the population growth with current infrastructure.

http://www.desertnews.com/article_7ffe4cb4-fa34-11eb-b387-53...

https://laist.com/news/california-city-podcast-investigation...

It is clearly not in accordance with the state’s adopted climate and energy policies to build five million houses in sprawling car-choked desert hellscapes.

Apparently building much of anything isn’t in accord with their policies what with the homeless piling up.

I wonder if a state can put a “bugger off we’re full” sign on the border?

It is clearly not in accordance with the state’s adopted climate and energy policies

Then they are part of the housing problem. You can't have everything - more immigration, cheaper housing, and more restrictions on building.

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