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On the recordAugust 21, 2019
If local governments can't figure out how to approve the housing that we need in appropriate areas, right, then perhaps we shouldn't be the ones tasked.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Levin discusses the need for local governments to improve housing approvals.

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