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Reason
Reason
Politics
Christian Britschgi

Elon Musk Versus the California Coastal Commission

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes an extended look at SpaceX's legal battle with the California Coastal Commission.

On the surface, this is not a story about housing, zoning, urbanism, or other major themes of this newsletter. However, the conflict between the world's most successful space company and (arguably) its most powerful land-use regulator is a great illustration of the latter's tendency for capricious power grabs.

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