https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/01/03/new-california-housing-laws-aimed-to-streamline-building-process-take-effect-in-2024/ > If California wants to build its way out of its long term housing shortage, plenty of things stand in its way in 2024: high interest rates, sluggish local approval processes and a persistent shortage of skilled construction workers, among others. > But a slew of housing bills from the 2023 legislative session going into effect on Jan. 1 promise to ease or eliminate some of the other burdens.