Brian Schatz: “If you want to expedite your permit, you can pay a permit…”

“… public meetings where the grouchiest people in your neighborhood can stop the most virtuous project in your neighborhood, extensive permitting paperwork, years long battles with community organizations and boards. And If you want to expedite your permit, you can pay a permit expediter. If you've got ten grand, they'll put your thing on the top of the pile. Nobody should like this system. I cannot think of something so essential to American life. Housing, whether you rent or you want to own. So essential to American life.” (01:47–01:59)

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