This tree has lived for at least 13,000 years. California's housing crisis could doom it.

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5. CA's housing crisis

will be solved by building more densely in and around established areas. There's no reason to build anywhere near Jurupa Valley.

When building densely, there's economies of scale and reduction in the use of resources. California can easily handle an extra million or ten people without having any negative effects on fragile ecosystems.

The only problem is that NIMBYs refuse to let people build in their backyards. They're the problem. They want sprawl. They want people to building and live "there". They want single family homes as far as the eye can see. That is what can cause destruction of fragile ecosystems.