'Godzilla Next Door': How California Developers Gained New Leverage to Build More Homes
It's hard to know just how many builder's remedy projects have been filed across the state. YIMBY Law, a legal advocacy group that sues municipalities for failing to plan for or build enough housing, has a running count on its website of 46 projects, though its founder, Sonja Trauss, admits that it's an imperfect tally. | By Ben Christopher CalMatters Late last fall, a Southern California developer dropped more than a dozen mammoth building proposals on the city of Santa Monica that were all but designed to get attention. The numbers behind WS Communities's salvo of proposa...