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Tag: upzoning

New legislation would end single-family zoning in cities across Californi. Here, a BART train runs above single family homes in Albany. Photo by Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters

Wiener’s new housing bill would still end single-family-only zoning — but more “gently”

Avatar by Matt Levin March 10, 2020March 10, 2020

Prior bills were a shot of urban growth hormone to force cities to grow vertically; this one is a density vitamin cities could choose to take or not.

A BART train runs through a neighborhood of single-family homes in Albany. California lawmakers again rejected a bill that would have led to denser development along public transit routes. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California’s most controversial homebuilding bill just died. What will Newsom do now?

Avatar by Matt Levin January 30, 2020January 31, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom presents the 2020-21 state budget at a press conference at the California Capitol on January 10, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Podcast: Will the latest changes to controversial housing bill get Newsom on board?

Avatar by Matt Levin January 10, 2020January 16, 2020

Gimme Shelter talks Trump, Newsom and NIMBYs

Avatar by Ben Christopher September 18, 2019September 18, 2019
An aerAn aerial image of Portland, Oregon, which just passed significant rent control protections. Photo by Chronus via Wikimedia Commons.

Podcast: Oregon tenants did this to win renter protection—is California next?

Avatar by Matt Levin August 5, 2019August 5, 2019
The skyline of Oakland. Photo by Basil D. Soufi via Creative Commons

Does “upzoning”—allowing taller, denser housing to be built—actually work?

Avatar by Matt Levin February 22, 2019June 23, 2020
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