, impoverishing middle-income families. And despite unprecedented infusions of billions of dollars in new state funds to homelessness programs, problems are getting worse in most cities, including in San Diego.
So what can a governor do? Change the basics of the debate. Make bold changes to allow for the easy conversion of empty malls and office buildings into housing, recognizing that both online shopping and the number of those who work from home are only going to increase. Use tax incentives to get developers to build huge dormitory-style residential buildings with shared bathrooms and kitchens. Embrace factory-built homes that can go up for a fraction of the usual cost.
On water, with the governor’s call to reduce water consumption going largely unheeded, the climate emergency has made it necessary for state leaders to consider taking the momentous step of putting limits on use by farms, which consumeas much of the state’s available water as cities . Agriculture is now only about 2 percent of the state’s economy.
make sense. Many other reforms to limit the wasting of water and to add reservoirs make sense. But none can provide the relief in the short term that would come from a new approach to agriculture.
I'm sure the worst is yet to come.
Leftist BOLD approaches are failures right from the start. Spare us the slow motion revelations of your failures.