Marin County Downzoning
Decades of downzoning produced the Bay Area's lowest housing production.
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1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Slow-growth advocates say large lots protect open space and character.
2 · The realist counter-case
Realists say it walls out newcomers and inflates prices.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Lowest Bay Area production in 50+ years; a 2024 court ruled some precedence clauses unlawful amid an RHNA fight.
4 · Liberty check
Protects incumbents' amenity at the expense of would-be residents' access.
5 · The real tradeoff
A cautionary anti-bookend to Auckland and Houston.
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