Red Tape, Real Costs

<p>California has long been synonymous with housing impossibility — sky-high costs, entrenched red tape, and years-long permitting nightmares. But something is changing. In this episode, Sean Faries sits down with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, District 14, one of Sacramento&#39;s most active housing reformers, to break down the policy shifts reshaping the California construction landscape.</p><p>Assembly member Wicks authored AB 2011, helped eliminate CEQA for infill housing, and is now championing a package of bills to unlock factory-built and modular construction at scale. If you finance construction in California — or you&#39;re watching this market to understand where the regulatory tide is turning — this conversation belongs in your queue.</p>