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  Price/rent control. How about start there.
  Then how about not build more homes and instead tell all these stinking people to move back to or just simply stay whatever state they came from in the first place, don't move here. We're all filled up. No more room at the inn.
  But oh no. Build homes. More and more homes. And then cry about the strain on the electrical grid, on water supply, cry about climate change. While not even mentioning the main cause of all of that. Too many damn stinking people here. Homes by the thousands and warehouses covering every bit of land available. If they really cared about any of those things they claim to care about they would put a stop to all this building. Not be building more. Authorizing more. More homes, more warehouses.
context: Given the population density, maybe standard suburban homes aren't really the thing. Affordable apartments maybe? People have to live somewhere, but not everyone needs a 1/4 acre with a garage and a garden. It would be nice, but at some point there's just not fucking room. And if there were room, there isn't enough water to build out like that much more. >
  
  People need to own, not rent.  It's the basis of generational wealth. >
  
  Makes too much sense. >
  
  It's the land that is expensive, not the house. >
  
  Then why is LA so spread out? >
  
  LA is actually more dense than most American cities. >
  
  If only there were effectively unlimited water to pipe into that new housing. There is a way to handle this: BAN ALL LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Ventura counties. Good luck with that.
  Banning may be too extreme, so require separate water meters for landscaping, and charge multiples of residential water charges. >
  
  Probably need to make L.A'.s housing affordable first, before you can keep it affordable. >
  
  Sure.  Build more homes.  But then how are you going to provide power and water to them on an already over-stressed grid? >
  
  Upgrade the grid? This isn't Texas. We're allowed to build infrastructure in California. >
  
  Where is the water going to come from? >
  
  It's not Texas. There is no water >
  
  More homes built. Banks buy extra homes. Problem persists >
  
  Reduce human population. >
  
  Traditionally, this is phrased "reduce the surplus population."
  Did the first ghost show up yet or is he waiting for New Years? >
  
  Subsidize people that want to move out of state.