Real Estate/Development,
Government
Mar. 2, 2005
So Far, State's Housing Push Has Been All Yak, No Shack
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - California lawmakers have done a lot of talking about the state's housing shortage without taking any real action - trapped in a tangle of anti-development statutes, regulations, guidelines and ordinances.
Michael M. Berger
Senior Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (310) 312-4185
Fax: (310) 996-6968
Email: mmberger@manatt.com
USC Law School
Michael M. Berger is senior counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he is co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group. He has argued four takings cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.
It's the same story every year. It doesn't matter what natural calamities have occurred. It doesn't matter whether some companies have closed, moved to other states or simply sent some jobs overseas. It simply doesn't matter. California's population keeps growing. People who live here keep having babies, and others still believe in California as a land of opportunity.
And it is. Unless you are trying to buy a house.
California's population grows at a pace great enough to ad...
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