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2. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Oil drilling operations in Los Angeles, 1905. Zoning in Los Angeles is commonly believed to have been first enacted in 1908, although Los Angeles City Council passed the first municipal zoning ordinance in the United States, Ordinance 9774, on July 25, 1904.

3. How local zoning laws hurt housing affordability — and what ...

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   Local zoning laws play a huge part in ... The first city in the U.S. to enact single-family zoning was Berkeley, California in 1916, with many more communities to follow. ... The history of single ...

4. California Codes - Wikipedia

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   The California Codes are 29 legal codes enacted by the California State Legislature, which, alongside uncodified acts, form the general statutory law of California.The official codes are maintained by the California Office of Legislative Counsel for the legislature.

5. California HOME Act - Wikipedia

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   2021 California Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), [1] titled the California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act, is a 2021 California state law which creates a legal process by which owners of certain single-family homes in single-family zoned areas may build or split homes on their property, and prohibits all cities and counties from directly interfering with those who wish to build such ...

6. The invisible laws that led to America’s housing crisis - AOL

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   A 2021 study found that in San Francisco, the “zoning tax” -— the amount land prices are artificially inflated due to restrictive residential zoning laws — was estimated at more than ...

7. California enacts 2 laws to slice through local zoning rules

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   California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday approved two measures to slice through local zoning ordinances as the most populous state struggles with soaring home prices, an affordable housing ...

8. Standard State Zoning Enabling Act - Wikipedia

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   A Standard State Zoning Enabling Act" (SZEA) was a model law for U.S. states to enable zoning regulations in their jurisdictions. It was drafted by a committee of the Department of Commerce and first issued in 1922. This act was one of the foundational developments in land use planning in the United States.

9. How Sacramento ended the racist zoning laws that limited ...

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   Sacramento, like too many cities in California, has historically dedicated most of its residential land exclusively to single family homes. Known as exclusionary zoning, this policy walks in the ...