San Francisco doesn't build houses because San Francisco doesn't want houses to be built.
Nothing is going to change until San Francisco (et. al) are no longer allowed to prevent houses from being built.
Nothing is going to change until San Francisco (et. al) are no longer allowed to prevent houses from being built.
> The City’s failure to implement the Required Actions will result in HCD initiating the process to revoke housing element compliance. Various consequences may apply if the City does not have a housing element in compliance with Housing Element Law, including ineligibility or delay in receiving certain state funds, referral to the California Office of the Attorney General, court-imposed financial penalties, the loss of local land use authority to a court-appointed agent, and the application of the “builder’s remedy.”
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