Upzone the coastal elites

Or just a believer in the fourth amendment.

The question is really what do you hate more.

A capitalist making money, or the housing shortage.

I wonder if FDR had any thoughts on Euclid v. Ambler.

Did he think it was a good idea to have zoning that kept the apartment parasites away from residential neighborhoods.

I kind of suspect not.

But apparently to the socialist that makes me a federalist society member.

Uh huh

I'm not opposed to people getting a great below market rate on their rent.

I just think the government should pay for it so that it doesn't discourage private builders from continuing to build in a housing shortage.

You only want public housing.

I want to solve the housing shortage by all means necessary.

We are not the same.

I'm interested in actually solving the housing shortage.

This thing where you pretend we can just s*** all over investors and still solve the housing shortage isn't cute.

We don't have the political capital to have all housing built by the government.

All money is US Dollars. It's all public. Therefore I win.

You're not engaging in debate.

Yeah the demand segment grew massively.

I can see an argument about conditioning public funds on acceptance of such conditions.

But the conditions are not escapable if you don't accept those funds.

I don't think you have to be the Federalist society to understand how limits on residential zoning, density and impact fees are unconstitutional takings.

And if you're there, how can you justify the whole rent control system that has to cut you off from redevelopment in order to preserve itself.

Also pick your poison. Do you want insane lines or do you want high prices.

Laws that essentially slowly transfer effective ownership from the owner to the lessor.

Below inflation rent control especially when combined with vacancy control.

Laws that effectively transform leases into permanent property rights, especially when at below market prices.

The demand has grown much more than any supply.

the only thing unconstitutional about it is cities often leave no escape that doesn't run into actual constitutional issues. Residential zoning limits and "impact fees" that block redevelopment, rent control limits that seek to privatize public subsidies.

speed at which the motor stops assisting and speeds above posted speed limits.

Berkeley rates also very high:

20 gallon: $45.30 per month
32 gallon: $61.66 per month
64 gallon: $87.60 per month
96 gallon: $106.47 per month

I get why the Pacifica is designed the way it is, as a minivan zero control over when the gas engine runs outside of charging the battery makes sense, but I'm a nerd who wants way more control.

Still, there's so comparable vehicle in the market.

Speed and power are the proper things to regulate.

Throttle control is good and shouldn't be the discriminator in regulations.

Also scooters should be given access too.

PHEV are an oddity, and already have a lot of extra components, so the bean counters probably object on cost grounds. I think over time, the cost of a heat pump upgrade will go down as well.

But yeah, living in an actually cold climate instead of just visiting the mountains like we do in California, that lack of a heat pump would really eat into range.

I'd take AWD over those honestly. I'm a skier in California so AWD is more important for me.

I don't think that even just removing the annual cap on how fast a prop 13 bases can rise would solve the problem.

Infrastructure for low density sprawl is really expensive per home.

And after doing that, call Newsom and demand he sign sb79 so we can stop hemorrhaging population to red states. Prop. 50 is only a temporary solution, sb79 attacks the core problem.

I mean, why is TOU with peak rates during solar max a thing still? TOU needs to re-align with wholesale rates. (My guess is solar industry fights that.)

There are some public utilities here that have much cheaper rates than PGE....

I believe MID wasn't required to provide the super generous NEM subsidy for one.

Yes on transmission network.

The charging users based on how much they drive risk would be complicated.

Perhaps the better approach is just not to fund it via rates at all. But with general tax funds.

Cheap electricity is core to climate goals of electrification.

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