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Brian Egg Was An Exemplary Member Of Society

Brian Egg was born in San Francisco and grew up there. And as an adult, Brian lived close to his family to keep visiting. For Brian's family, communication played a major role in strengthening their relationships.
Around mid-2018, the family's communication had grown weaker with fewer and fewer visits. With so much free time on his hands, Brian resorted to serving his community. He cleaned up the alleyways and picked up trash in his neighborhood pro bono.
On one weekend, neighbors noticed Brian performing his voluntary community service and entering his house afterward. But, that day marked the last time they ever saw him.
A month later, Brian's brother, Devin, called his phone to catch up, but it went straight to voicemail. Devin was alarmed by this because he knew his brother always answered his phone. In addition, the voice from the answering machine sounded less like Brian's voice.
Devin attempted to call Brian's phone again, and on the third time, it was picked up by a man who claimed his name was Nate. Nate informed Devin that Brian was out taking his dog for a walk and would call him back. But Brian never called back!

Multiple Alerts To 911

By the end of July of that year, Brian's neighbors began suspecting that he was possibly missing. Brian was familiar with almost everyone in his neighborhood, and no one had seen him for a while. Many neighbors informed the police about their worries. There were two possibilities. If Brian wasn't missing, he could be suffering from an injury inside his home.
When the police visited Brian's house, no one answered the door. However, the police did not go further with the investigation. They assumed that Brian had possibly gone out of town without informing anyone. On the other hand, Brian's neighbors didn't settle for that. Something just felt wrong.
But, the police were not taking Brian's case seriously. Thus, one of Brian's neighbors turned to social media to search for him. Everyone in the neighborhood made it their priority to always be on the lookout for any suspicious activity that might be happening at Brian's house.
Within a short period, neighbors noticed two strangers frequently entering and leaving Brian's house. The two men appeared to be homeless and used Brian's house as their own for a while. Thus, neighbors alerted the police so they could look into the situation. Again, the police department didn't take the case seriously.

Perpetrators Had Time To Get Rid of The Evidence

Alarmed by the fact that Brian had not contacted any of his family members in months, Brian's sister reported her suspicion to the police. And, on August 4th, the police visited Brian's house to investigate. However, no one answered the door.
After the authorities left, neighbors claimed that they noticed what appeared to be a deep and thorough cleaning at Brian's house. Soap bubbles emerged from Brian's door, and there was also a strong bleach scent that came from the house.
The strangers who were living at Brian's house were seen painting inside a portion of the house; they were trying to cover something up.
On August 7th, Brian's sister filed for a missing person's report. A week later, Brian's neighbors called the police, informing them of a crime scene clean-up company outside Brian's home for some time.

Conclusion

The police took the report seriously and searched Brian's home. They arrested one of the strange men, Robert McCaffrey, who was living there for almost two months. Two days later, the other stranger, Lance Silva, was located and arrested.
The two men were charged with ID theft and financial crimes. The strangers had used Brian's credit cards, including in purchasing a car.
A thorough search was conducted on Brian's house, and four days later, police discovered a storage room under a staircase. Inside the room, police uncovered a hidden fish tank. And, inside the fish tank, the police noticed a torso of a beheaded body. It was later confirmed that it was Brian's dismembered body.
Brian's death was ruled as a homicide, and the two strange men were charged with the homicide. However, the San Francisco District Attorney's office later dropped all the charges against Robert and Lance. To this day, the two men are free.
No one was ever found guilty of Brian's murder.

Timeline:

• Late May or early June 2018: Brian Egg last seen in his South of Market neighborhood, San Francisco police say.
• June or July 2018: Egg's brother, Devon Egg, says he phoned his brother and an answering machine picked up with a request to leave a message. He said his brother never used an answering machine and he didn't recognize the voice on the machine. He called back and someone answered who gave his name as Nate. He said his brother would call him right back after he finished walking his dog. No one called back.
• June 1, 2018: Court records show that a 2007 BMW was purchased for $5500 by someone who had identified themselves as Brian Egg from a dealership in Newark. A purchase document for the sale would later be found in possession of Lance Silva after he was arrested in connection with Egg's disappearance.
• June 15, 2018: The BMW purchased on June 1 was towed from 379 5th Street in San Francisco for parking in a no-stopping zone. It was retrieved later that day by two men, one of whom identified themselves as Paul Foran, the second was identified by police from surveillance video as Lance Silva.
• Late July 2018: Police say they receive the first calls from neighbors reporting Egg's disappearance. Officers respond to the home twice. They knocked on the door. Each time, there was no answer and the officers left.
• August 2, 2018 Egg's longtime neighbor and friend Scot Free makes a post on the social media site Nextdoor to alert neighbors. Neighbors expressed their concern and said they would also report the suspicious activity at the home to police. Strangers were seen coming and going from home.
• August 4 or 5th, 2018: Neighbors say the third check by police apparently prompted the people living in the house to frantically clean. They observed soap suds coming out of the home and bleach was being used to clean the front of the home. Someone in the home and also painted part of the front of the home including a door.
• August 7, 2018: Police say Egg's sister filed a missing person's report. They send officers out to the house for a third time. But again, after no one answers the door, they leave.
• August 14, 2018: Neighbors call 911 after the private crime scene cleanup company Aftermath showed up to clean the home. Robert McCaffrey, 52, was arrested at the home. Neighbors say he had at least $1,000 cash in hand to pay the company for the job.
• August 16, 2018: Police arrest Lance Silva, 39, in a nearby residential hotel. Both men are charged with homicide, ID theft, elder abuse and financial crimes. But the San Francisco District attorney's Office eventually drops the charges pending further investigation. McCaffrey is freed. Silva is held in jail in Alameda County by authorities for a parole violation. Court records show he had a prior convictions for grand theft. The parole violation stemmed from identity theft and fraud charges. Police believe he was using Egg's debit card.
• August 17, 2018: After searching the home for four days, police find a human torso in a large fish tank that was hidden in the home. They seek DNA samples from family members in an effort to identify the remains.
• August 23, 2018: Neighbors say that a round-the-clock surveillance of the home by police since August 14 ends.
• August 28, 2018: San Francisco police hold press conference revealing details of the case for the first time. They defend not taking further action during those three checks on the home. They say there wasn't sufficient suspicion break into the home but neighbors strongly dispute that.
• August 29, 2018: Lance Silva appeared in court in Alameda County to face charges related to a parole violation.
• April 24, 2019: Lance Silva released from jail after 'sentence served'
• May 2019: Egg's death officially ruled a homicide by San Francisco Medical Examiner

Articles:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/15/brian-egg-san-francisco-fish-tank-murderhttps://abc7news.com/headless-body-timeline-found-sf-no-head/5467636/https://sfist.com/2019/08/15/one-year-later-brutal-soma-dismemberment-murder-still-unsolved/https://lastseenalivepodcast.com/2020/06/06/unsolved-homicide-brian-egg/https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-police-had-ample-time-to-catch-offenders-at-the-crime-scene-but-did-not-da08dd222770https://abc7news.com/headless-body-timeline-found-sf-no-head/5467636/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/one-year-later-no-charges-in-decapitated-sf-mans-death/150233/https://www.ebar.com/story.php?295940

East Bay Bike Party is when a bunch of bikers get together and bike with the mindset of "can't kill all of us". They bike down roads, stopping traffic, and spreading a good time. Mixture of party and activism. Some assholes tried to murder them. https://sfist.com/2023/02/13/east-bay-bike-party-marred-by-alleged-multiple-instances-of-car-dooring-two-injured/
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https://www.ktvu.com/news/group-of-drivers-allegedly-dooring-east-bay-bicyclists-leaves-2-hospitalized
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Never forget that cars kill more people than murders in the US.

Article: Steph and Ayesha Curry Oppose New Multi-Family Housing Near Home in Exclusive South Bay Town
Excerpt from the article:
Mercury News obtained a copy of an email that the Currys reportedly sent to Atherton mayor Mayor Bill Widmer and City Manager George Rodericks. It reads:
“We hesitate to add to the ‘not in our backyard’ (literally) rhetoric, but we wanted to send a note before today’s meeting,” the couple wrote just hours before the Atherton City Council convened to discuss revisions to its 2023-2031 housing element. Due Jan. 31, the plan lays out how the affluent burg will meet a state mandate to increase its supply of affordable, multi-family housing over the next eight years … We kindly ask that the town adopts the new housing element without the inclusion of 23 Oakwood (Blvd.). Should that not be sufficient for the state, we ask that the town commits to investing in considerably taller fencing and landscaping to block sight lines onto our family’s property.”
The drama:

really kinda shitty tbh

You’d do the same if it was going to kill your property value and quality of life.

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What great Christians!

Its Atherton, this is just some real estate developer trying to make a quick buck, aint no poor people able to afford those houses

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Have you lived around poor people? Would not recommend 0 out of 10.

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You obviously have an agenda dog, there’s nothing wrong with petitioning your city council for more privacy from new developments, especially when your entire life is in the public eye as is

Yes, my super nefarious agenda of "poor people should get housing too." Don't expose me!

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This is the reason that high-rise apartment buildings and single family homes are usually separated.

Yes, because single family zoning laws have definitely worked really, really well in this country!

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https://sfist.com/2023/01/31/the-same-sinkhole-in-tracy-claims-three-vehicles-all-because-drivers-ignore-road-closures/

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https://sfist.com/2023/01/30/senior-care-worker-charged-with-elder-abuse-after-94-year-old-man-dies-from-drinking-cleaning-fluid/

This is such a great episode I think this community will want to hear; skip to about 7:40. Good information for conversations and to use if any local government (city, county, state), starts talking about certain technology, you'll have ammunition to shine a light on why the approach is disingenuous:
All Charged Up and No Place to Go: The Promise and Pitfalls of Electric Vehicles
Further reading based on the interview from 7:40 on:

• Musk Backlash Continues With Time Magazine Calling Out Hyperloop Idea as Spoiler For High-Speed Rail
• The Boring Company Coming Up Short of Expectations in Las Vegas
• Elon Musk's Boring Company Leaves Local Governments Around the U.S. High and Dry
• Elon Musk’s tunnels to nowhere
• How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country (non-subscribers: no paywall)
• Surging SUV demand is canceling out the environmental benefit from electric cars
• Heavy vehicles twice as deadly for cyclists and pedestrians
• 9 Reasons the U.S. Ended Up So Much More Car-Dependent Than Europe
• After biking boom, some cities beef up infrastructure
• What Closing Streets to Cars Meant for Restaurants in New York City
• Huntington Beach votes to reopen Main Street to traffic and remove outdoor dining
• Huntington Beach to reopen second block of Main Street to traffic (non-subscribers: no paywall)
• Council member Kalmick pointing out the proposal isn't looking to the future
• "We live at the beach and this person thinks dining outside is a bad thing"

The basis of draws:
In the 3rd round, seeds 1-16 meet/encounter 17-32 (1-8 meets 25-32, 9-16 meets 17-23).
In the 4th round seeds 1-8 meet seeds 9-16 (1-4 meets 13-16, 5-8 meets 9-13).
In the quarterfinal, seeds 1-4 meet seeds 5-8.
In the semifinal, seeds 1-2 meet seeds 2-3.
In the final, first seed meets second seed.
AO Seeds:
https://i.gyazo.com/190f83c93d50b3b7a2e970d561d255bb.png
Alcaraz injury/withdrawal as bad as it is, has luckily made Djokovic a top 4 seed.
Players seeded low who shoud be in higher slots:
Djokovic not top 2, Medvedev not in the top 4, Rune in the 9-12 slot, Sinner in the 13-16 slot, Kyrgios at 19.
In the 4th round, Nadal, Tsitsipas or Djokovic could be playing Sinner or Berrettini. One of them, will be playing one of them. Medvedev or FAA coud be playing Rune, Zverev or Hurkacz.
In the quarterfinal aready, Nadal, Tsitsipas or Djokovic could play Medvedev.
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Unseeded payers to look for(form/level rise or general pedigree): Draper, Nakashima, Paul, Brooskby, Wolf, Karatsev, Kokkinakis, Bublik, Ymer
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Update: I wrote this pre-draw but wanted to reease it anyway.
Results:
Nadal got the worst/toughest non-seed rounds 1-2 (arguaby the 2 best in Draper and Nakashima) and the toughest quarterfinal opponent (Medvedev) and the more top heavy semifinal (Tsitsipas, Sinner or FAA) opposed to Djokovic and Berrettini, Ruud, Fritz or questionable Zverev (can only hope Zverev will be back at his best).
Djokovic with a nice draw, 2 unthreatening players, and still no real floaters then with Dimitrov/Karatsev/Bergs, PCB/ADM, strong QFist (Kyrgios/Rune), and weak-ish SFist since most title contenders are in the top half.

Introduction: Rent Control in Chicago

Rent control is a policy restricting the amount landlords can charge for rent in specific apartments or neighborhoods. Many major U.S. cities have rent control laws, but Chicago is not one of them. Illinois passed the Rent Control Preemption Act in 1997, prohibiting municipalities like Chicago from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing rent control measures. Therefore, even if the Chicago City Council and Mayor wanted to implement rent control, they would not be able to do so.

History of Rent Control in Chicago

However, there is renewed interest in rent control among community groups and some of Chicago's aldermen. These groups argue that adopting rent control would provide more long-term stability for renters, their families, and their communities. In 2018, a group called "Lift the Ban" collected enough signatures to put a non-binding voter referendum on the ballot in three Chicago wards, and the majority of voters in those wards endorsed the idea of local rent control.
While the referendum had no practical impact on the law, it did indicate significant support for rent control among Chicago residents.

Pros and Cons of Rent Control in Chicago

While some argue that rent control is necessary to keep apartments affordable and protect renters from displacement, there are also valid arguments against implementing rent control in Chicago. One concern is that rent control can discourage the construction of new rental units, leading to a decrease in the housing supply. This decrease in supply can, in turn, lead to higher rents for units not subject to rent control, as landlords have less competition.
Rent control can incentivize landlords to pay attention to their properties, as they may need help to increase rent to cover the cost of repairs and maintenance.
Furthermore, rent control can also lead to a decrease in the quality of rental housing, as landlords may be less likely to invest in improvements to their properties. This can lead to a decline in the overall quality of neighborhoods and decrease the value of homes and other properties in the area. In a study of rent control in San Francisco, researchers found that rent control led to a decrease in the number of available rental units and a decline in the quality of rental housing. These adverse effects of rent control can ultimately harm landlords and renters in the long term. However, there are also compelling arguments in favor of implementing rent control in Chicago. One significant benefit of rent control is that it can help to keep housing costs affordable for low-income renters and prevent displacement. Rising rents can be especially burdensome for low-income renters, who may struggle to afford higher prices and risk being forced out of their homes. Rent control can help to mitigate these adverse effects and provide more stability for renters.
Another potential benefit of rent control is that it can help to preserve the diversity of neighborhoods and prevent them from becoming unaffordable for long-time residents.

Conclusion: Balancing the Needs of Renters and Landlords

When rent increases are not regulated, it can lead to rapid gentrification and the displacement of low-income and minority residents. Rent control can help to slow down this process and allow communities to remain diverse and inclusive. In a study of rent control in San Francisco, researchers found that rent control led to a decrease in the rate of evictions and an increase in the stability of the rental market. These positive effects of rent control can ultimately benefit landlords and renters in the long term. Nevertheless, rents in San Francisco remain among the highest in the country.
Despite the Rent Control Preemption Act, there have been some efforts to provide relief for renters in Chicago. In 2020, Illinois Governor Pritzker implemented an extended eviction moratorium for Illinois residents in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Additionally, Mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago City Council enacted reforms that require landlords to give renters additional notice before raising the rent. However, these measures provide extra long-term stability than rent control.
It remains to be seen whether the Rent Control Preemption Act will be repealed. In the meantime, Chicago renters will continue to face the possibility of rising rents and the potential for displacement in rapidly gentrifying areas.

Filled one location and won against an opponent who completely filled the board. Kind of…

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https://sfist.com/2022/11/30/baby-reportedly-ingests-fentanyl-at-marina-park-saved-with-narcan/

https://sfist.com/2022/11/21/bay-area-transit-planners-fret-over-doomsday-scenario-of-service-cuts-amidst-plummeting-ridership/
It doesn't look good. Ridership has not returned.

One argument used against Greenfield Development in California is that California is somehow running out of land. This argument is wrong on its face. The total population density of the state is 257 people per square mile and only 5 percent of the state has been developed. California's land area is also huge at roughly 164,000 square miles or roughly 105 million acres. https://californiapolicycenter.org/fixing-california-part-five-affordable-market-housing/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/states-by-area
New Jersey by comparison has 33 percent of its land developed and has over 1000 people per square mile
https://www.njfuture.org/2019/11/11/where-does-impervious-cover-have-the-biggest-impact/ https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/new-jersey-population
One study shows that California has 25 million acres of developable land as of 2000, though some of this land is probably developed by now. Mind you this doesn't even cover the entirety of the state. From: Raising the Roof: California Housing Development Projections and Constraints, 1997-2020 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1391n947
"California is a huge state, and except in a few critical locations, has ample land to grow. As of 1996, the 35 metropolitan counties for which land supply data are available included 25 million acres of potentially developable raw land."
Some people might retort that all of that land is the desert or in undesirable places, but that is not true. The two lowest hanging fruits, the Bay Area and Los Angeles Metro area both have land that could be developed to meet housing needs. Some may point out that Los Angeles is surrounded by mountains, not too far away from Los Angeles, there is Ventura county which, thanks to urban growth boundaries, is walling in Los Angeles. According to exhibit 13, which is no longer included with the Raising the Roof study, but I provided a link, Ventura county has 303,800 acres of developable land, which is roughly 475 square miles. 475 is enough land area to create another Los Angeles. If you developed those 475 square miles at a density of roughly 8,000 people per square mile, a modest density, That could hold roughly 3.8 million people. The amount of people that could be housed in Ventura county using both infill and greenfield is substantial. That same study shows 376,000 undeveloped acres in Los Angeles county, though how much is near the LA Basin is hard to say.
Exhibit 13 here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9fPYr4I9c4-KPMKCYpw8IjyhYa0Ysw9/view?usp=share_link
Ventura County's own zoning map shows large quantities of land designated as open space and agriculture. https://vcrma.org/en/ventura-county-general-plan
Los Angeles county's zoning map shows land designated as open space and agriculture near Santa Monica and near Santa Clarita. You can even view when riding the Metrolink trains. https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2015/07/07/zoom-in-l-a-county-zoning-map-shows-what-you-can-build-and-where-in-los-angeles/
There is even some land in the San Gabriel valley that is undeveloped. Monrovia has several areas designated as open space or requiring multiple acre lots. Much of this undeveloped land can be seen when riding the LA Metro gold line. https://www.cityofmonrovia.org/home/showpublisheddocument/1378/636960188069700000
Even Orange County has land that is developable. The same raising the roof study gives Orange County, CA 132,000 acres of developable land.
San Juan Capistrano's Zoning map shows land near LA Novia that is zoned for planned communities, but has yet to be developed. This land is also within the boundaries of San Clemente, but is also undeveloped.
https://www.sanjuancapistrano.org/DocumentCenteView/465/Zoning-Map-PDF?bidId=
LA Novia has been planned for development, but only limited amounts have been allowed and the project in question has been delayed for years.
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2021-05-06/homes-coming-to-san-juan-capistrano-hillside-as-equestrian-center-stalls
https://www.ocregister.com/2010/12/09/chronology-of-the-distrito-la-noviasan-juan-meadows/
A google streetview shows that LA Novia/Avenida LA Plata is mostly undeveloped and hilly grassland
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4863735,-117.6114679,3a,75y,354.52h,77.55t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZ9A91Q6LY2NjWXxZIresLA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DZ9A91Q6LY2NjWXxZIresLA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D245.08289%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&authuser=0
Unincorporated Silvarado, CA has undeveloped land as well.
This map shows several land designated as open space in Orange county on Page 18
https://www.ocsheriff.gov/sites/ocsd/files/2021-05/May%202021%20County%20of%20Orange%20Hazard%20Mitigation%20Plan%20PUBLIC%20REVIEW%20DRAFT.pdf
The Orange county Zoning map shows several areas designated as open space
https://ocds.ocpublicworks.com/sites/ocpwocds/files/import/data/files/58442.pdf
The study itself points out that much land is undeveloped due to political reasons.
"The majority of California cities and counties have adopted one or more growth control and/or growth management measures. Growth controls, which include population, housing, and commercial space caps directly restrict the quantity and pace of new development, usually far below private market levels."
https://web.archive.org/web/20080612175545/http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/hrc/rtchp4r.htm
Exhibit 13 of The Raising the Roof study also identifies 524,000 acres of developable land in San Diego county.
According to a stud, "OPENING SAN DIEGO’S DOOR TO LOWER HOUSING COSTS" by the Fermian Business and Economic Institute, San Diego has substantial amounts of land that is suitable for development, but where development cannot take place
http://silvergatedevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PtNazareneStudyFindings.pdf
"Within this “undevelopable” designation, there is significant acreage that is geographically suitable for development, but which has been designated as open space and/or open space preserve. San Diego County, as a whole enjoys, one of the most robust open space preserve systems in the country. Through the City’s and the County’s “MSCP” multiply species conservation plans (MSCPs) and Habitat management plans (HMPs), tens of thousands of acres have been set aside to preserve open space and wildlife. Much of this acreage is adjacent to developed land and would be suitable for development without this preserve designation."
To the extent that Greenfield development still happens in Southern California like San Bernadino county, it is often highly regulated subject to lawsuits, open space requirement, solar panel requirements and other ownerous requirements.
The Sierra Club sued the developer of the Tapestry project in Hesparia, CA and reduced the amount of homes included.
https://iebusinessdaily.com/hesperia-braces-for-major-housing-development/
Even if we accept the premise that Socal is all built out, a premise which isn't true, the Central coast has plenty of land available for development
Here is a google streetview of San Luis Obispo County. Most of the central coast basically looks like this.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1967971,-120.6028221,3a,75y,16.65h,73.92t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNNApYG9jNbba7cYCvc5Obg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DNNApYG9jNbba7cYCvc5Obg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D167.24072%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&authuser=0
The Zoning Map of San Luis Obispo county shows that the majority of it has been zoned exclusively for agriculture use or rural designation.
http://gis.calpoly.edu/gis/data/slo_county%2Flanduseelement%2Fcountywide_luc%2Fcountywide_luc.jpg
The Bay area, which people often assert doesn't have much land for development, actually has quite a lot of land for development. San Francisco is only some 47 square miles, but the entire bay area is roughly 7000 square miles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area
San Francisco may be a peninsula surrounded by ocean, but to the North There is Marin County which has a land area of over 828 square miles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_County,_California
To the extent development has taken place in Marin, it took 50 years to approve a subdivision
https://reason.com/2022/05/31/county-where-it-took-50-years-to-approve-new-subdivision-bans-new-airbnbs/
Marin County recently taxed itself to buy private land to stop development
https://sfist.com/2022/11/10/power-nimby-move-marin-residents-give-selves-hefty-tax-hike-to-block-housing-development/
In fact development was planned in Marin County called Marincello, it would have included high rises, townhomes and single family homes
https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/throwback-thursday-housing-almost-was-built-bay-area
Further North there is Sonoma County with a land area of over 1500 square miles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California
According to the Greenbelt alliance 75 percent of land in the Bay area is off limits to development
https://www.greenbelt.org/blog/bay-area-open-space-75-percent-is-being-protected-but-300000-acres-are-still-at-risk/
Here is a map of lands off limits to development
https://www.greenbelt.org/uncategorized/bay-area-lands-at-risk-map/
Santa Clara county, and shown in the greenbelt alliance map, home to San Jose, despite its reputation for sprawl, has had an urban growth boundary since the 1970s
https://plandev.sccgov.org/ordinances-codes/planning-studies/morgan-hill-urban-growth-boundary
Getting rid of urban growth boundaries is hard to do, but the solution I think is to have the state override local governments; if the state can override single family zoning, it can also override urban growth boundaries. I would abolish the David Williamson act, which creates tax incentives for conservation easements, I would outlaw agriculture and open space zoning, reform or abolish CEQA and I would abolish Local Agency Formation Commissions, which restrict development to incorporated or annexed areas and restrict development on unicorporated lands and take away from counties the power to zone and regulate land use. If counties can't zone or regulate land then developers can simply step outside of city limits if a local government is being unreasonable, like they do in Texas. I would also require governments to privatize land set aside as open space.