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'Gimme Shelter': How parking lots explain California's housing crisis

Por: Los Angeles Times Politics October 07, 2022

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The cost of constructing low-income housing in California is the highest in the nation, with some apartment buildings totaling more than $1 million per unit to build. One of the reasons? It's expensive to set aside land for parking lots and build underground garages. On this episode of Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast, we talk about a forthcoming state law, Assembly Bill 2097, that eliminates minimum parking requirements... + full article



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