The concept of zoning laws are less than 100 years old, and their spread was mostly due to racist exclusionary policies in the 50s/60s. San Francisco just wrapp

The concept of zoning laws are less than 100 years old, and their spread was mostly due to racist exclusionary policies in the 50s/60s. San Francisco just wrapped up changing the zoning of western SOMA. Mountain View has 28k new apartments in the pipeline, increasing the population of the city by 50% [0]. There are plans at the state level to remove local control of housing development from municipalities that fail to build enough housing [1]. "Zoning Laws" are not a static, immutable fact of life. 0. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/13/one-advocates-take-on-bay-area-housing-crunch-theres-progress-being-made/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/13/one-advocates-take-on-... 1. http://asmdc.org/members/a17/news-room/press-releases/assemblymember-david-chiu-joins-colleagues-to-announce-bills-to-address-affordable-housing-crisis http://asmdc.org/members/a17/news-room/press-releases/assemb...