SPUR Talk: The Racist Roots of Single-Family Zoning

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By Roger RudickFeb 4, 2021, 11:30 am181 pts
Piedmont is a “doughnut city”–separate, but completely surrounded by, Oakland. Piedmont is around two percent Black. And Oakland is 23 percent Black. Piedmont is also “98 percent zoned for single-family homes,” explained Irene Cheng, a researcher with the California College of the Arts, during a talk…

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