Some academics argue that greater state and regional control over development results in more affordable housing and neighborhood diversity. Still, Brown’s plan would not create a boom in housing supply that experts say is needed to rein in costs. Robert Tillman owns a coin-operated laundromat in San Francisco’s Mission District, a neighborhood at the epicenter of California’s housing crisis. — Michael Brilliot, a manager in San Jose’s planning departmentExperts have said Brown’s plan would fundamentally change how housing gets built in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles and others that require layers of approval for every large development. “Everything is a negotiation,” Tillman said of trying to build houses in San Francisco.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 02, 2016 07:06 UTC