"The most remarkable element of the report by the city economist on the mayor's Rich Family Zoning Plan is not what most of the news media have reported: That the zoning changes won't lead to anywhere near the amount of housing the state wants to see. The far more important conclusion is that, even if the city allows developers to build all they want everywhere they want, it won't bring housing prices down. That directly contradicts the central thesis of the Yimby agenda."
"The Yimby group California Housing Defense fund says the city has to make sure 36,200 new luxury units are built, not just allowed in zoning: 'The City must rezone as promised in its housing element - it must upzone enough to produce (not merely attain capacity for) 36,282 units based on an analytical model that assesses the probability of development for rezoned parcels under current economic conditions,' the group stated."
Zoning changes under the Rich Family Zoning Plan would not yield the quantity of housing the state expects, and greater zoning capacity alone would not lower housing prices. Expanding allowable development does not guarantee reduced costs because market-rate construction driven by speculative capital may not increase affordable supply. YIMBY advocates seek deeper deregulation, fee reductions, more upzoning, and public subsidies to attract private builders. A YIMBY-affiliated group demands rezoning calibrated to produce roughly 36,282 units rather than merely permitting that capacity. YIMBY Action urges state guidance and policy changes like fee cuts and single-stair reform to increase actual construction probability.
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