Research proves definitively: CA’s ridiculous housing prices due to wild gov’t regulatory overreach

May 21, 2025 Image by Wayne S. Grazio RAND Corporation does a gigantic study on CA’s housing affordability crisis and notes that onerous regulations, as well as built-in labor-friendly contracts, make costs for new housing soar. Take a look at Texas, they recommend, where prices are half of CA’s. We found the following:  • California…

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☆ Khamis: SV leaders will ask for more taxes. Deregulation does “a lot more” to fix housing

Special Reports January 16, 2026 RITOS80, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons “There have been so many fees and taxes that have driven out all the developers,” says Silicon Valley Business Alliance’s Johnny Khamis. He’s hopeful that rolling back fees will increase building, not just downtown high-rises but throughout San Jose. Will voters keep trusting…

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