California housing shortage
Since about 1970, California has been experiencing an extended and increasing housing shortage, such that by 2018, California ranked 49th among the states of the U.S. in terms of housing units per resident. This shortage has been estimated to be 3-4 million housing units as of 2017. Experts say that California needs to double its current rate of housing production to keep up with expected population growth and prevent prices from further increasing, and needs to quadruple the current rate of housing production over the next seven years in order for prices and rents to decline.
A tent city, a form of improvised housing, in Oakland, California
A homeless person sleeps on the sidewalk next to a limousine in the Mission area of San Francisco.
NIMBY, an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard", is a characterization of opposition by residents to proposed infrastructure developments in their local area, as well as support for strict land use regulations. It carries the connotation that such residents are only opposing the development because it is close to them and that they would tolerate or support it if it were built farther away. The residents are often called nimbys, and their viewpoint is called nimbyism. The opposite movement is known as YIMBY for "yes in my back yard".
Unfinished tower in Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. that was later removed as a result of complaints from the neighborhood
Proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, was approved by the government and then opposed by the citizens of Nevada. Federal funding ended in 2011.
Wind generator in Nova Scotia
No TAV protest in 2005