Chamath Palihapitiya

Probably the most impactful cost to people's lived experience is the cost of housing.

Double click into that for a second.

For the 40 million residents of California, what is going on?

Why are rents so high?

Why are homes so expensive?

And what can actually be done to make the cost of living and rent cheaper?

What does that mean, climate dogma?

Well, you have to install... Because Nevada's hot and drought-ridden and Arizona has issues.

So what is it that we say that those states don't say?

Just a simple question, though, guys.

Put this into chat, GPT, or whatever.

California's mandate with CEQA is to protect the air, protect the water, protect the land by some measures.

Texas doesn't have it.

Is it the case that Texas's air is worse, the water is worse, and the land is worse?

So is it roughly the same, meaning the particulate count, the pollen count?

Is the air quality the same?

Because if it is, then what is CEQA doing other than just slowing down and retarding the progress of housing?

Why hasn't that studied?

Because I think, again, all of this, guys, comes back to when the data is presented in a way that's factual,

There's very little room for people on both sides to argue it because they're all relatively smart.