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Gavin Newsom can’t rewrite the American dream through bad housing law

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Central planners in Sacramento can retool the state’s housing laws.

But they can’t rewrite the American dream.

To many Californians, that dream entails some version of a house with a white picket fence, an SUV and a growing family.

That’s why state residents have flocked to a handful of rural and suburban cities, including Chico, Clovis, Dublin Irvine, Manteca, Menifee and Roseville, a recent news report found.

Each of these cities grew its population by at least 25% over the past 15 years: an intriguing counter-narrative at a time when the state is losing residents –– and California’s large urban centers have seen an exodus.

The areas gaining residents offer affordable single-family homes, strong schools and family-friendly amenities such as ballfields, water parks and balloon rides.

They also offer sane governance.

Not a single one of the boomtowns is known for a progressive or socialist city council. Rather, they tend to lean moderate, center-left or center-right.

The state’s urban centers, by........

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