Yep, and one of them is the very wealthy who've got there's and don't want others getting close to them, just like he pointed out. It's the old "I've got mine" line.
The next problem is get working people to provide services to these liberal eco-nuts.
They need middle class folks like plumbers, electricians...plus gardeners, maids, nannies, cooks, etc. who no longer live in the region.
Then these eco-nuts have to build “ affordable “ housing = government housing projects with rent controls and expensive managers.
These new , dense government projects are worse than what the eco-nuts denied previously.
they can keep out the less affluent people — or, as they put it, “preserve the character of the community” — while benefiting themselves economically in the name of green idealism.
“Open space” laws are just one of the weapons in their arsenal. Other legal impediments to building include so-called “smart growth” policies, historical preservation laws, and zoning boards and coastal commissions with arbitrary powers to limit or forbid building.