Thanks to the nation’s most stringent environmental laws, California already has the nation’s most expensive housing. But instead of repealing those laws and building more housing, the Democrats that control California have instead chosen to subsidize demand, which will only raise the price of housing in California even higher.

In 1970, lawmakers passed the California Environmental Quality Act, which empowers just about anybody to go to state court to stop construction on any project that requires government approval. Since all housing construction involves getting permits from state and local government, CEQA makes it easy for environmental activists, or really anybody who wants to stop a project for any reason, to get a court order doing just that.