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Why don't we get rid of NIMBYism and make sure that actually solves the issue without banning sensible implementations of rent control?
Rent control is a bad policy no matter how you slice it. In general most price controls are counterproductive
More basic issues clearly need to be addressed before politicians can repeal rent control and still get reelected.
Rent control is dumb policy anyways. Now how can we get rid of nimby rule? Local governments have way too much influence on development, for better or worse. Perhaps sufficiently large development proposals must be entertained by the entire city or town rather than being unilaterally decided by a board - that seems like a sufficient compromise (at the expense of speed, but development is slow anyway given the appeals…
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Why don't we get rid of NIMBYism and make sure that actually solves the issue without banning sensible implementations of rent control?
Rent control is a bad policy no matter how you slice it. In general most price controls are counterproductive
Economics is not even close to being sufficiently precise for you to be able to reason through any appreciable problem from first principles.
Man they're really hammering away at this "billionaire benefactor" line, as if the public debate on this topic is over and national consensus has been reached, as if this whole narrative wasn't contrived in the last 6 months. The article doesn't go into detail about the claims of the plaintiffs (called "lobbyists" as if the court can he lobbied), I wonder why. I really want to know what their constitutional argument…
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So the government should serve the interests of those that aren’t residents to the detriment of those that do?
Local governments have finite power given to them by state and federal government. So, the argument is more that state and federal government should actually exercise their authority to fix the underlying problem. Abstractly hyper local optimization is suboptimal.
I know it's out of fashion, but the Tenth Amendment appears to say otherwise.
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Local governments have finite power given to them by state and federal government. So, the argument is more that state and federal government should actually exercise their authority to fix the underlying problem. Abstractly hyper local optimization is suboptimal.
> Local governments have finite power given to them by state and federal government. I know it's out of fashion, but the Tenth Amendment appears to say otherwise.
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Local governments have finite power given to them by state and federal government. So, the argument is more that state and federal government should actually exercise their authority to fix the underlying problem. Abstractly hyper local optimization is suboptimal.
> Local governments have finite power given to them by state and federal government. I know it's out of fashion, but the Tenth Amendment appears to say otherwise.
The 10th makes it clear the constitution gives the federal government specific powers which means those specified powers aren’t available to the states or local governments.
The first draft is a little easier to understand: “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” (Which is not) can be flipped to the front so -> “Those powers given to the United States are its alone, all other powers not specifically listed are retained by the States.”
Both versions makes it clear states are losing some power, but they are given a little spin to make it less obvious.
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California basically did this[1]. Sadly though the desirable coastal areas are literally full and all spoken for and even without any real zoning anymore there’s nowhere to actually build. So you’re gonna need to eminent domain some Malibu mansions to make room for the non stop line of 1+5s from LA to SF. It’s also interesting to me how many people propose increasing supply when there is nowhere to build, but can’t e…