@donaldball
Right, and it’s that sprawl-tilted local governance where I think we have real leverage. Minneapolis is currently in a years-long fight over this plan, which essentially eliminated single-family zoning in the city: https://minneapolis2040.com And yes, the fight is ongoing, but…activists got people on board, got it passed, have the city council in their corner, etc etc. Leverage.
In your community, there’s probably a similar tipping point. (Duplexes, maybe?)