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An interview with Nolan Gray on the history of zoning for exclusion and how a new approach to land use regulation could make our cities better. By Jacob Pierce Few situations look more complicated than California’s housing crisis. But sometimes, through a certain lens, the whole situation is actually quite simple.

What exactly is YIMBYism? During the week of September 8, the journal Environment and Planning C: Politics and Place published an article entitled “Introducing the YIMBYs: Renters, Housing and Supply-Side Politics in Los Angeles.” This article, by Renee Tapp, has received some attention, and it claims to describe the views and actions of Abundant Housing Los Angeles (AHLA). AHLA often works with academic researchers, and we encourage all manner of inquiry into the Los Angeles housing crisis.

Every Angeleno knows that homelessness in Los Angeles has been at a crisis point for years. The tragedy on our streets has become even more salient as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Judge David Carter’s recent order in the case of LA ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, et al. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, et al.