“To try and build things that involve limited parking or restricted parking or reduced parking makes absolutely no sense to me,” Laurenson said.

This is infuriating to read... :(

There is a lot of research showing mandatory parking actually drives housing prices up:

https://www.sightline.org/2023/04/13/parking-reform-legalized-most-of-the-new-homes-in-buffalo-and-seattle/

https://www.vtpi.org/park-hou.pdf

https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/parking-fight-unveiling-the-divisive-impact-on-society-housing-and-urban-development/

Basically, Jasper is making it illegal ❌ to build an apartment/home without parking 🅿️.

In other words, new home buyers are indirectly forced to pay for parking. Even if they are 100% okay with buying an affordable home/apartment that doesn't including parking.

Basically, mandatory parking requirements forces people to pay for the cost of car ownership, even if they just want a roof over their head.

Mandatory parking is one of the many reasons why Los Angeles housing is so expensive:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-26/editorial-eliminate-parking-requirements-housing-people-is-more-important-than-housing-cars