How Democratic Socialism Created California’s Housing Crisis
Chris Calton links California's housing crisis to three books published in the 1960s that spawned three ideological movements — the democratization of urban planning, the politicization of environmentalism, and the no-growth movement — each of which handed activists and bureaucrats new tools to block development and destroy private property rights one permit hearing at a time.
Recorded in San Diego, California, on April 25, 2026.
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