NIMBYs Stole $8,775 From Every American Worker
Berkeley economists calculated the exact cost of housing cartels. The receipts are in—and they're devastating.
California is projected to lose nearly one million public school students by 2031—a 15.7% collapse driven by an affordability crisis that's pushing families to Idaho, Florida, and Texas. In San Francisco, the dysfunction is on full display: SFMTA quietly gutted 365 of 465 promised affordable units from a major transit project after admitting the funding was never real, while a Chinatown housing nonprofit sits on $163 million in assets and 29 LLCs with questions mounting about financial disclosure. Across the state, a growing debate is exposing the tension between progressive housing politics and basic economics—with developers, reformers, and departing families all reaching the same conclusion.
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.