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Policy Tag: California

Residential Land Use Regulation and the Spatial Mismatch Between Housing and Employment Opportunities in California Cities

by Noah Durst, Michigan State University This paper is part of a working paper series that utilizes the Terner Center California Residential…

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Key Remaining Questions Following New Amendments to SB 50

Senate Bill 50—San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener’s high-profile effort to reform local zoning in transit- and job-rich areas—is back for…

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Land Use in California

Made possible by funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at…

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Lessons in Land Use Reform: Best Practices for Successful Upzoning

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2019 California Housing Legislation Round Up

The 2019 California legislative season recently came to a close, and several promising housing bills have now been signed into…

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Land Use Politics, Housing Costs, and Segregation in California Cities

By Jonathan Rothwell, PhD, Gallup This paper is part of a working paper series that utilizes the Terner Center California Residential Land Use…

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Residential Impact Fees in California

Author: Hayley Raetz, David Garcia, and Nathaniel Decker Release Date: August 2020 Read the paper here.

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California Needs to Build More Apartments

By Jenny Schuetz, PhD, the Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program and Cecile Murray, MSCAPP, University of Chicago This paper is part of a working…

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Comparing Perceptions and Practice: Why Better Land Use Data is Critical to Ground Truth Legal Reform

This is the third installment in a working paper series that utilizes the Terner Center California Residential Land Use Survey to assess…

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