This is why I think California needs more high density urban housing, but not more single family home housing. Densify the urban core; don’t sprawl into the wild periphery.
It does, but where? The politi-socio-economics very considerably with geography.
Honestly, if we are talking pie in the sky, I'd say pile people up along the coast. Specifically in LA, if you had fewer people in Riverside with lawns + AC and more people in Santa Monica with year round good weather then the quality of life would be better and environmental impact would be lower.