NIMBYism in San Francisco Reaches New Heights With Shorter Buildings
Neighborhood residents demand a proposed affordable housing complex be five stories, not seven, to preserve "neighborhood character."
Neighborhood residents demand a proposed affordable housing complex be five stories, not seven, to preserve "neighborhood character."
Economy advances while administrative state recedes; lefty commentators hardest hit.
And with good reason, since it would drive up costs and limit access to child care by requiring daycare workers to get a college degree.
Less pretrial jail, more forfeiture restrictions
Don't give diet tips or haircuts without the government's permission. And don't even think about doing basic math, either.
The city's goal is to curb "unconscious bias." But the policy is based on dangerous premises, and is likely to harm tenants more than it benefits them.
Carlos Carrion has been growing bamboo in his yard for three decades; suddenly it's a crime.
State lawmaker says that makes no sense, plans to introduce bill repealing requirement.
So a Federal Circuit panel held today, answering a question that the Supreme Court's Slants case left open.
The city's new Linkage Fee law piles millions in new costs onto developers.
A new study of border takings under the 2006 Secure Fence Act finds that many owners get inadequate compensation, and that the condemnation process is flawed in other ways.
Workers in professions requiring state-issued licenses are 36 percent less likely to move across state lines than workers in other jobs.
It's the worst sort of social engineering and special-interest payoff via the tax code.
The city council is considering a mammoth package of new rules that threaten Tampa bathhouses and those who visit them.
A court rules that Michigan can't block a New York nurse from holding the same job in his new state.
The Oregon engineering board fined Mats Järlström for exercising his First Amendment rights. Now, finally, it admits it's not allowed to do that.
Property owners were ordered to pay thousands for violations unless they agreed to sell to a redeveloper.
The GOP would be on higher ground if it stood on principle for a tax code that treats everyone the same.
Occupational licensing makes it more difficult to work.
The D.C. Department of Health wants to protect farm animals from the ancient Hindu practice.
Taking away someone's ability to earn money seems like a shortsighted way to get loans repaid.
A TaxPayers' Alliance report says EU farm subsidies, tariffs, and overly strict regulations have made food in Britain seventeen percent costlier.
With occupational licensing rules that benefit favored friends, state governments raise barriers to prosperity for millions and raise costs for the rest of us.
Contrary to his reputation (and Twitter feed), the president has been selectively trimming executive power.
A big defeat for anti-pipeline activists.
The USDA just dumped Obama administration's proposed ridiculous biotech crop regulations; the FDA should quickly follow suit.
No, because Trump doesn't care about private property rights.
Pruning back regulation doesn't have to be a partisan issue.
Remarks delivered by Radley Balko, Bastiat Award co-winner and unflinching witness, at last week's Reason Media Awards ceremony
A court says a city can squash your property rights because it thinks vegetables are ugly.
The U.S. Supreme Court said local regulators could treat two lots owned by the same family as if they were a single parcel. A new law aims to stop that.
FDA head Scott Gottlieb overturns Obama's ban on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
Regulatory slowdown/rollback continues apace, but real deregulation requires congressional courage.
A new California ballot initiative proposal combines wishful thinking with the heavy hand of government.
That Pirates of the Caribbean logic did not sit well with the Georgia Supreme Court.
Occupational licensing laws are keeping returning servicemen and their families out of their chosen fields.
New report says states could see 4.5 percent job growth by cutting red tape in 10 oft-licensed professions.
The city's housing authority committed to selling $138 million of government land for $17 million.
And if they were, state licensing laws probably wouldn't be the best way to stop them.
What's wrong with the other 55 percent?
Brian Strauss sues to protect his property rights.
Occupational licensing runs amok in a familiar story.