And yet, this piece on the potential death of single-family zoning in California has drawn more readers online than any other Opinion article. Strict single-family zoning was often adopted as a way to segregate neighborhoods without explicitly banning any racial or religious group. Planners in Charlotte, N.C., are looking to eliminate single-family zoning for the same reasons. On the West Coast, the high-cost cities of Seattle and Portland have considered rezoning single-family lots or allowing up to four-unit buildings in single-family neighborhoods. Even Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti — who was down on Wiener’s proposal last year to open single-family neighborhoods to denser development — is warming to the idea.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 27, 2019 11:03 UTC