re: The house that sold for $800K over asking price speaks to the inequity of California

My foreman on my first job in the Valley lives in the house he grew up in. He inherited it when his folks passed. He's raised his family there, and they've fixed it up some, but he's been able to use the equity in it to buy a nice place in Maui. When he retires, he'll make a killing selling the place, have a place paid for in Hawaii, and no debt and a nice retirement package.

There's always that other side of the coin.

I've met so many people who bought houses in Nola straight cash and have huge nest eggs from selling houses in Cali.

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zoning and permitting, brah

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Ill give you permitting, but not zoning. Residential , Single Family is about as restrictive as you can get. I've seen Developement in St. Helena , CA, to the grumbles of the local population . If a private land owner want to sell, he'll sell.

Eta: if you can provide me a link where a private landowner could not zone for single family housing, I'd like to see what the state did .

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That's about as dumb as I've ever heard.

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Not really. Lunch breaks are a current big hot topic for nurses(and nursing unions). Some hospitals have been sued recently for nurses not being able to take a proper lunch break...but yet were still docked the time for it. Which violates Federal labor laws...

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is very strict in requiring employers to pay non-exempt employees for all hours worked. This may include requiring an employer to pay an employee for time worked while on a bona fide meal or lunch break, even if the break is supposed to be unpaid. (See 29 CFR 785.11). If an employee works during a lunch break that is supposed to be unpaid, an employer may be obligated to pay additional wages, including unintended overtime, to that employee.

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Most hospitals will automatically take out 30 minutes out of the hours the nurse works that day for their lunch. Some hospitals will have the units so short staffed that the nurse never truly gets to take a full 30 minutes of time to themselves to eat. Instead...they may be eating for 5 minutes before they are pulled back to care for a patient.

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are progressive havens who happen to have stumbled into some major industries

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Companies don't just "stumble" into a location. Lots of solid factors go into the decision including quality of life for employees and highly educated workforce. Seattle (my home) is in a similar position as Silicon Valley. Housing prices are a casulty, but when median salaries for entry level professionals is in six figures, Millenials are happy to pay over $2000 a month for a small apartment.

This economy is causing folks to re-think the value of home (and car) ownership. All comes down to what you want...I need my 1.5 acres but others are quite happy with the city center life and I certainly respect that.