California Legalized the Housing. It Just Didn't Get Built.

California has legalized duplexes, lot splits, and apartments on millions of parcels where they were long banned — and almost none of it is getting built: SB 9 produced 266 projects out of 6.1 million eligible parcels, and its companion laws for commercial and faith-owned land recorded essentially none. Cities blunted the laws with local ordinances, and the state's enforcement rarely goes past a…