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The YIMBY Case for Solving California’s Housing Affordability Crisis

A policy expert with California YIMBY and a former mayor tell EpochTV’s ‘California Insider’ why California has become unaffordable.
The YIMBY Case for Solving California’s Housing Affordability Crisis
A housing development in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Kimberly Hayek
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California’s ongoing housing affordability crisis could be solved with less red tape and more construction, according to Nolan Gray, a policy expert with pro-housing group California YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard), and Jim Righeimer, former Costa Mesa mayor and developer.

Righeimer said the main solution to California’s housing affordability crisis is increased construction.

Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.