Commentary: California housing and the environment are often at odds. They don’t have to be
by Liz O’Donoghue and Melissa Breach, Los Angeles Times
Mar 24, 2023
3 minutes
California’s housing shortage and climate crisis are often treated as if they are unrelated to each other. In fact, they are deeply interconnected.
We need to address not only how much housing we build but also where we build it. That’s the idea and the promise behind new legislation backed by a novel coalition of housing and environmental advocates.
California must add at least 2.5 million new homes by 2030 to meet its needs. Decades of underproduction have exacerbated skyrocketing rental prices, put
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