Again, where congress fails to act there are plenty of governors and mayors in blue cities and states that could be acting in unison when the federal government will not. You see this in the red states all the time. They can't get a national abortion ban, but when the Dobbs ruling comes down about 20-something red states suddenly put abo…
Again, where congress fails to act there are plenty of governors and mayors in blue cities and states that could be acting in unison when the federal government will not. You see this in the red states all the time. They can't get a national abortion ban, but when the Dobbs ruling comes down about 20-something red states suddenly put abortion restrictions in place didn't they? Where they couldn't get federal laws passed, they acted in unison at the state level. Dems can and should do the same thing when it comes to issues like housing.
Travis, so? They didn’t because it isn’t in their interest to do the things you want. Also immigration is a federal issue and can’t be solved at the state level.
If you think that even in blue states that they can just do anything they want and don’t have their own voters who vote on issues than I don’t know what to say. Housing is a fucking huge issue. Guess what? People who own homes vote at high levels and they generally like to restrict housing supply. You can’t just wave away politics, even at the state and local level. If what you wanted was popular locally it would be done locally.
"Housing is a fucking huge issue. Guess what? People who own homes vote at high levels and they generally like to restrict housing supply."
Yes, but if you pass legislature at the state level to move development decisions from localities to the state then you can bypass local NIMBYism entirely by taking the issue away from local councils. I'm not talking about "waving away politics," these are things that would need to be voted on and passed in state legislatures and or on state-level ballot initiatives, but you can at least get it going and present them as solutions to issues and sell them, just like you would on literally any other policy item. The GOP didn't just wave a magic wand and get abortion restrictions put into place at the state level either, they had to pass shit too and they did. Dems can and should do the same at the state level when it comes to issues like increasing the housing supply.
The same people who vote for mayor of la and sf are the same people who vote for the state legislators. I am so lost how you don’t see this. This isn’t hard.
Ah yes, the entire state of CA is comprised of just the people who live in LA/SF and who vote for mayor of LA/SF. Right, right, I forgot how small the state of California is.
Choi can’t be this dense on the subject. The reason that California is blue is because of the Bay Area and la. You do realize that that’s where all the population is right? You do realize how districts are drawn right? They are drawn based on population so California legislator is composed of the MOST politicians from the Bay Area and la. I used la and sf mayor race to make a point that the places you so hate also get represented.
Again, where congress fails to act there are plenty of governors and mayors in blue cities and states that could be acting in unison when the federal government will not. You see this in the red states all the time. They can't get a national abortion ban, but when the Dobbs ruling comes down about 20-something red states suddenly put abortion restrictions in place didn't they? Where they couldn't get federal laws passed, they acted in unison at the state level. Dems can and should do the same thing when it comes to issues like housing.
Travis, so? They didn’t because it isn’t in their interest to do the things you want. Also immigration is a federal issue and can’t be solved at the state level.
If you think that even in blue states that they can just do anything they want and don’t have their own voters who vote on issues than I don’t know what to say. Housing is a fucking huge issue. Guess what? People who own homes vote at high levels and they generally like to restrict housing supply. You can’t just wave away politics, even at the state and local level. If what you wanted was popular locally it would be done locally.
"Housing is a fucking huge issue. Guess what? People who own homes vote at high levels and they generally like to restrict housing supply."
Yes, but if you pass legislature at the state level to move development decisions from localities to the state then you can bypass local NIMBYism entirely by taking the issue away from local councils. I'm not talking about "waving away politics," these are things that would need to be voted on and passed in state legislatures and or on state-level ballot initiatives, but you can at least get it going and present them as solutions to issues and sell them, just like you would on literally any other policy item. The GOP didn't just wave a magic wand and get abortion restrictions put into place at the state level either, they had to pass shit too and they did. Dems can and should do the same at the state level when it comes to issues like increasing the housing supply.
The State of California, a Dem trifecta if there ever was one, has been moving housing supply authority out of localities.
I live here. It hasn’t made so much of a dent in housing supply.
The same people who vote for mayor of la and sf are the same people who vote for the state legislators. I am so lost how you don’t see this. This isn’t hard.
Ah yes, the entire state of CA is comprised of just the people who live in LA/SF and who vote for mayor of LA/SF. Right, right, I forgot how small the state of California is.
Choi can’t be this dense on the subject. The reason that California is blue is because of the Bay Area and la. You do realize that that’s where all the population is right? You do realize how districts are drawn right? They are drawn based on population so California legislator is composed of the MOST politicians from the Bay Area and la. I used la and sf mayor race to make a point that the places you so hate also get represented.