Our legal process and CEQA in particular is a big reason why we have the housing shortages we do in California. Ultimately, this needs to be fixed if we are going to make up for decades of under-building. 9 year plans untethered to reality are not going to solve our housing crisis. When these plans do not result in substantially increased housing, what will be plan b? Will Cities be asked to contribute funding or build directly?
The growth in delivery logistics has caused an unforeseen strain on local roads and the bill for this is falling on cities. This is unfair and I believe that a sales tax on logistics whose revenue goes directly to repair and maintenance of the roads those delivery vans chew up is a fair idea.
Lastly, the never ending stream of unfunded mandates is overwhelming many cities in the state's ability to cope on a technical or financial level. I think the state should offer a coordinated technological solution for smaller cities who don't have the ability to hire armies of programmers to keep up with the mandates from Sacramento.