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It is quite literally illegal to build anything but detached single family homes on 95.8 percent of the total residential land area in California / 75% of the residential land area in most major American cities.

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"Residential land area"? Much of California's land has no zoning at all. Of course, it's not near any cities either (or near any road noise).

It is illegal to build housing without a permit, and you will not be issued a permit on much of California’s land.

Residential land area = land you can build housing on

https://belonging.berkeley.edu/single-family-zoning-californ...

Daily reminder that our zoning policy is deeply racist and evil

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