There was a previous “too good to be true” post from this same sub stack author a few months ago.
IIRC he claimed that zoning was nearly going to end due to the builder’s remedy provision in some recent CA bills.
When I searched for other commentary from informed CA lawyers it seemed like the claims in the article were exaggerated.
I hope that these are not exaggerated bc the changes outlined would be a good step, but do keep the caveat in mind.