Reason Magazine
•Easing Zoning Restrictions Can Facilitate Rebuilding After the LA Fires
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Easing zoning restrictions on housing construction could help the city rebuild faster and find new homes for those displaced by the fires.
The fires have destroyed an estimated 12,000 structures, a figure that is likely to rise before the conflagration ends.
Even before the fire, the LA region had a serious housing shortage, caused in large part by exclusionary zoning.
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semi-formal
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English
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67
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short-lived
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