California is on track to lose nearly a million public school students by 2031—the worst enrollment collapse of any major state—as housing costs drive families to Idaho, Florida, and beyond. In San Francisco, the dysfunction is playing out in real time: SFMTA just gutted 365 promised affordable units from a flagship transit project, admitting the funding was never secured, while a Chinatown nonprofit controlling 29 LLCs and $163 million in assets faces scrutiny over undisclosed conflicts and ballot harvesting. The debate over how to fix it is fracturing the left, with progressive mayors pushing rent freezes alongside new construction—a combination developers and economists say is mathematically incoherent.
Berkeley economists calculated the exact cost of housing cartels. The receipts are in—and they're devastating.
San Jose's mayor reduced homelessness by a quarter while Sacramento fumbled. Now he's bringing receipts to the governor's race.
A landmark study proves what YIMBYs knew: zoning boards in SF and NYC cost the entire country trillions.
California Forever just brokered the largest construction labor agreement in American history. YIMBY is winning.
Robert Reich earns $13,000/hour to denounce capitalism while blocking affordable housing in his own backyard. Now he's pushing a tech-killing wealth tax.
We didn't stumble into the housing crisis—we legislated it. The cities we love would be banned under today's rules.
The progressive politician who blocked 495 homes now wants to run California's insurance market into the ground.
Business and labor unite for the largest construction agreement ever—now they're calling California's bluff to break ground in 2026.
She wants to seize private property, calls homeownership 'white supremacy,' and ran crying when asked about her mom's $1.6M home.
The YIMBY ringleader is running for Congress on housing wins, tough-on-crime bills, and a decade of fighting for algebra.