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'Godzilla Next Door': How California Developers Gained New Leverage to Build More Homes

It's hard to know just how many builder's remedy projects have been filed across the state. YIMBY Law, a legal advocacy group that sues municipalities for failing to plan for or build enough housing, has a running count on its website of 46 projects, though its founder, Sonja Trauss, admits that it's an imperfect tally. | By Ben Christopher CalMatters Late last fall, a Southern California developer dropped more than a dozen mammoth building proposals on the city of Santa Monica that were all but designed to get attention. The numbers behind WS Communities's salvo of proposals were dizzying: 14 residential highrises with a combined 4,260 units dotting the beachside city, ....

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