Government
California's Pro-Housing YIMBYs Are Making Their Move
The state’s lawmakers are getting serious about removing the most serious roadblock to building new affordable housing.
There’s no better example of the tyranny of the ballot measure than Article 34.
An amendment to the California state constitution passed by public referendum in 1950, Article 34 states that: “No low rent housing project shall hereafter be developed, constructed, or acquired in any manner by any state public body until, a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town or county … approve such project by voting in favor thereof at an election to be held for that purpose, or at any general or special election.”