Thread on local control and housing: In the past week, a number of major housing bills stalled in the state legislature, and closer to home, the 2019 Homeless count showed a spike of 31% in homelessness in Santa Clara County. kqed.org/news/11748088/… Much of the opposition to these bills is based upon the theory that “local control” of zoning is a better tool to solve the housing crisis. California has a housing shortage of 3.5 million homes and counting.