That rumbling you hear in the residential real estate market is SB9—either a silver bullet or a boogeyman, depending on where you stand.
Senate Bill 9 is the latest law with the potential to reshape California. read more »
CaliforniaCalifornia's SB9 Housing Bill Starting To Sound Like Prop 13
by Jerry Sullivan 03/21/2022
That rumbling you hear in the residential real estate market is SB9—either a silver bullet or a boogeyman, depending on where you stand. Senate Bill 9 is the latest law with the potential to reshape California. read more »
Subjects:
Tarnishing the Golden State
by Joel Kotkin 03/15/2022
No state advertises its egalitarian bona fides more than California. Governor Gavin Newsom brags that his state is “the envy of the world,” a place that is “not going to abandon our poor people.” In his inauguration speech, he claimed that “unlike the Washington plutocracy, California isn’t satisfied serving a powerful few on one side of the velvet rope. The California Dream is for all.” read more » Flyover Country Needs to Keep Our Biggest Edge: Housing Affordability
by Dale Buss 02/28/2022
If there’s one location advantage for the heartland that’s become clear during the last several years, it’s the edge we enjoy over the coasts in housing affordability. read more » »
Does California Know What Time it Is?
by Jerry Sullivan 02/25/2022
Has the California proposition changed fundamentally? And does it matter for real estate? The answer to the first question is yes—the state had a net population decline in 2021, the first drop since it began annual counts more than a century ago. read more » »
California Imported Crude Oil Ranks as a Major Emissions Generator
by Ronald Stein 02/06/2022
Shipping is by far the biggest transport polluter in the world. The fuel used is the cheapest and most polluting fuel available for the world’s 90,000 ships that burn approximately 370 million tons of fuel per year, emitting 20 million tons of sulfur oxides. read more » »
Subjects:
How Cato Sold Out California Property Owners
by Randal OToole 01/28/2022
In September, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill abolishing single-family zoning. This bill was a victory for the Yes in Other People’s Back Yards (YIOPBY) movement, as well as for urban planners who sought to densify California urban areas, which are already the densest in the nation. read more » »
Nashville: The Evolving Urban Form
by Wendell Cox 01/23/2022
Nashville’s has long been known as “Music City,” a title that dates nearly a century to 1925 when the first “Grand Ole Opry” performance was held in the Ryman Auditorium (above). For even longer, Nashville has been the capital of Tennessee, with the 10th oldest state capitol building in the nation (below). But the big story increasingly has been the area’s rapid growth read more » Report: Restoring the California Dream
by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky 01/20/2022
This newly released report examines how the California dream can be restored for California's middle- and working-class families. An excerpt follows: read more » »
California's Economy is Weaker Than it Looks
by Joel Kotkin 01/18/2022
Whisper it, but the $45 billion surplus Gavin Newsom has projected for California next year isn’t quite what it seems. In fact, the bulk of that surplus is largely due to the earnings of a few giants such as Google, Apple and Meta (formerly Facebook), as well as a handful of IPOs. read more » »
Subjects:
California is a Bastion of Innovation Marred by Deep Inequality. Is That America's Future?
by Joel Kotkin 01/16/2022
Everyone seems to be California dreaming these days. Much of America, particularly its red parts, see California as a hopeless dystopia best understood as everything the nation should avoid. Meanwhile, for the progressive Left and many around Joe Biden, California is the Mecca, a great role model being attacked by jealous reactionaries. read more »
Subjects:
|
Subscribe to NG ArticlesThe Coming of Neo-Feudalism
Infinite Suburbia
Recent blog posts
BooksAuthored by Aaron Renn, The Urban State of Mind: Meditations on the City is the first Urbanophile e-book, featuring provocative essays on the key issues facing our cities, including innovation, talent attraction and brain drain, global soft power, sustainability, economic development, and localism. Recent popular content
Recommended Books
Blogroll and Partner Sites
User login |