"Land Use Policy and Structural Racism" Video

Created by the Othering and Belonging Institute, UC Berkeley

Stephen Menendian, Assistant Director at UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute, presented the Institute's research on the exclusionary effects of restrictive zoning, a summary of prior research, and its relationship to structural racism.

Stephen presented to the Sacramento Council of Governments, as they considered their Regional Housing Needs Allocations (RNHA), compliance with state fair housing laws and other housing policy reforms.

View the video recording of the entire session. Stephen Menendian’s presentation starts at 42:20.

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