Single-Family Zoning in the Bay Area

The report describes the characteristics of communities in the San Francisco Bay Area in relation to the degree of restrictive zoning within each jurisdiction. It also identifies high single-family zoned cities in the Bay area that could potentially be upzoned.

Given the seriousness of the problem of racial segregation as a cause of racial inequality, the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley launched a series of briefs that help illuminate these patterns and demystify the reality of segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area.