THREAD We published a poll today on why Californians believe that housing is not affordable in the state. My big takeaway was that too little homebuilding — which is the consensus view among academics and others — fared poorly. (1/7) latimes.com/politics/la-po… 
Before I try to address some questions, I’ll share details about the poll. Below is the question and 8 responses that were available. USC gave people 2 choices, and allowed for other and undecided. The results are ranked by those who chose a particular option 1st or 2nd. (2/7)
Among the crosstabs, which we didn’t report in the story, there was an interesting finding in the Bay Area. There the highest-ranked answer was the influence of the tech industry with 36% saying it was one of the two top reasons for the state’s housing problems. (3/7)
We then asked about state vs. local control in the context of cities and counties rarely meeting their housing production goals. Below is the question and the full responses from the poll. Margin of sampling error for this and the other question is +/- 3%. (4/7)
On the question about rent control's ranking being affected because it’s on the ballot now. That’s a possibility given that it could be more front of mind for people now. (5/7)
On the question about adding up environmental regulations, too little homebuilding and restrictive zoning into a broad “barrier to supply” category that ranks highly. I’m open to being persuaded, but even if you do that you’re not getting that close to a consensus. (6/7)
Happy to answer other questions about the poll to the best of my ability. Again, I think the results show there’s a wide gulf between what experts say and the public, which will be hugely challenging for the next governor to meet his very ambitious housing production goals. (7/7)
