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We'll see. Taking away local control over land development is going to be controversial. A lot of rich and politically connected people are not going to like this. The last three decades in the west has been an endless series of victories for landowners. It's hard to imagine that this time really is different.



New Zealand took away local control over land development, and then promptly elected a right-wing central government that hates land development. :/




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