California Town Says Mountain Lions Don’t Stop Housing After All (Published 2022)
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The Silicon Valley town of Woodside declared itself a mountain lion habitat, preventing new duplexes under a state law. Facing ridicule and the threat of legal action, officials backed down.

NIMBYism is a tool for the rich and privileged to maintain their wealth and status, and they will wield every tool in the book to block much-needed housing. When one imagines Silicon Valley, one might naïvely imagine a metropolis of futurism. What one finds instead is a sprawling den of NIMBYism completely at odds with affordability, density, and sustainability.