The mayor asserts that Atlantic City is currently experiencing a period of significant positive urban development and economic growth driven by new residential and commercial projects.

“So the momentum in Atlantic City is at is clearly um at an all-time high.”

Increasing population density downtown is essential for economic sustainability and protecting the natural environment.

“for downtown responsible development is density, right? If we're if we're speaking economically, sustainably, environmentally, we're just talking about this great access to our outdoors.”

Downtown is the heartbeat of the city and business owners should find a way to operate there despite the challenges.

“this is the place to be in our city. So any business owner that's watching this like you got to find a way to be downtown. That's where it's going to be happen. That's where the growth it's a heartbeat of a city.”

Dax Shepard believes the downtown area of Detroit has undergone a positive transformation compared to its state in 1994.

“I mean, this is the [clears throat] ultimate glow up I've ever seen.”

He advocates for the reversal or modification of CEQA, as he argues it is currently used as a tool to block development and inflate housing costs.

“I would either reverse or completely modify SQA. SQA was designed, you know, it's the California Environmental Quality Act. It was designed to be a shield to protect communities from developments that were inconsistent with the community in some form or fashion. Right? And what it turned out to beco”

California's environmentalist bureaucracy creates significant red tape that makes it difficult and expensive to build or rebuild homes in the state.

“You're going to have a years-long effort to rebuild these homes that are tangled up in all the environmentalist bureaucracy that prevents you from building an additional bedroom in your home in Malibu.”

New York's current building code is outdated and excessively expensive, serving as a primary obstacle to affordable housing and infrastructure development.

“what gets uh talked about much less is even if a piece of land is perfectly zoned, it is still hard to get the math work because the minute you hit dirt, particularly in New York with the complexities of the building code and the gold-plated nature and the outdated and so on and so forth, it it is i”