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Build outward, not upward, to solve California’s housing shortage

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“Build outwards, not upwards.” That line, from gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, might be the best summary of what California needs to do to solve the housing crisis.

As The California Post has reported, realtor.com estimates that there is a national housing gap of 4 million units.

California’s political class has decided that the way to address that shortage is to build ugly urban high-rises.

That’s the thrust of SB 79, the brainchild of state Sen. Scott Wiener, which overrides local governments and zoning regulations and allows the building of high-rise apartment buildings near transit hubs.  

But progress has been slow, and that’s partly because high-rise apartments are not anyone’s idea of what a long-term investment in housing should be. Californians, like other Americans, want........

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