25 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings - Brief article

"The simple truth is that there is a drastic housing shortage--a shortage deliberately created by the increasingly severe obstacles to growth imposed by all levels of government. The panoply of zoning restrictions, environmental reviews, building fees (exceeding $20,000 per home on the average in many places), and other planning regulations has come to act as a hidden tax on homebuyers and as a penalty for prosperity."

--Steven Hayward, "The Growth Brokers"

"Many ignore the power of the real L.A. because it violates their conventional view, which remains that of 'Tinseltown.' Los Angeles-based reporters...