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Single-family houses are great, single-family zoning is not

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Aug 05, 2021
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Berkley, California is considering zoning reform, which is great. It is naturally prompting some political opposition, including this sign which warns that “the war on single-family homes is a war on families.”

This sort of thing worries me for two reasons.

One is that it reflects a misunderstanding of what the policy issue is, and if it spreads it will…

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