By Zelda Bronstein : 48hills – excerpt

In a climate crisis, is it really a good idea to build more and denser housing in high-severity fire zones?

“California will force Malibu and other towns to add housing. Here’s why that’s not nearly enough.”…So reads the headline on an op-ed published by the Los Angeles Times on May 5, 2024. The authors are Paavo Monkkonen, a professor of urban planning and public policy at UCLA, and Aaron Barrall, a housing data analyst at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. Monkkonen is one of the most vocal advocates of the Yimby build-baby-build agenda… (more)