By reliable estimates, California is short of the homes it needs by about 3 million. It’s an accumulated deficit that not only gets larger each year, but in recent years is getting larger faster.
Given that trajectory, it should be beyond argument that bold action to stimulate more housing is needed — action that, by definition, will disrupt the status quo. That status quo simply isn’t working. It’s failed millions of current and future Californians who need to be able to afford a place…