Let critics continue to throw shade at California; America’s most populous state is reckoning honestly with the fact that the cost of housing there is disgustingly high, putting growing strains on the backs of middle-class families and feeding homelessness in major cities. The latest salvo, legislation signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will create more places for people to live using tools New York State and City, plagued by many of the same affordability problems, should emulate.