Land Use

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

How do we transition from successful COVID-era Slow Street pilot projects — and make them permanent or “hard?” Learn how to transition successful COVID-era street redesigns to pilot, interim and

As part of their series on racial segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley examined the relationship between restrictive zoning — and single

The Slow Streets program creates more space for walking, biking, and other physical activity and alleviates crowding on sidewalks. The City of Oakland developed an interim findings report as part of

The Housing Accountability Act (HAA) was enacted by the California Legislature in 1982 to establish limitations to a local government’s ability to deny, reduce the density of, or make infeasible

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is helping cities think about how they can use their streets and sidewalks more creatively — to serve more people and more purposes.

Find out how to rebalance your streets using quick-build tactics to provide more safe places for people to walk, bike, roll and run. Quick-builds are reversible and adjustable. They can be built in

The People, Places & Prosperity report (PDF) highlights the activities that ABAG undertook in partnership with local governments, regional agencies, business groups, community organizations, and other