New Laws Lead to Flurry of High-Rise Proposals
- Josh Stephens

- 4 days ago
- 6 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
Seemingly since the invention of the elevator, critics of growth in California have warned of “Manhattanization,” as if the adoption of liberal zoning policies could instantly result in a thicket of high-density towers. Thus far, that fate has not befallen any cities. But due to a recent confluence of new laws and economic conditions, high-rises are being proposed, approved, and built in some unusual places.

