California is facing a major housing crisis. Local officials are throwing absolute temper tantrums over new apartment buildings. They are concerned about parking.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/29/la-mesa-leaders-ok-114-unit-housing-development-in-downtown-village-despite-parking-objections/

Local officials say that if he was up to them, they would oppose new apartments

Apparently, parking spots are a higher priority than giving human beings a roof over their heads.

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schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 3d

One of the turning points in my political thinking was realizing that the quickest way to get a car towed is to sleep in it.

It is absolutely fucked up that we think nothing of making sure everyone has a place to put their car on public property, but the instant you need to live in the car, it's suddenly a problem.

huppakee@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3d (2 replies)

Removing trees and bike racks!??

stoly@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3d (1 reply)

AND red lanes--i.e. where only emergency vehicles are allowed to park.

huppakee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3d

I'm so confused as well, we're talking about a country with endlessly sprawing sub-urbs. Just change a bit of zoning there; so many single-famlily homes that could easily be converted into other types of homes.

CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 3d

Whenever I hear a conversation about parking, when we're talking about expanding affordability, I immediately recognize it as a bad faith argument. NIMBYs are the biggest ladder-pullers in the world.

stoly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3d

Well this is specifically silly San Diego suburb people, not California in general.

52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2d

We should be connecting dense housing with buses and trains.