zoning

Under state laws designed to remedy a housing shortage, the city has to set aside land for the construction of 250,000 more homes than allowed through existing zoning rules.

The weather neighborhoods had safer walks to schools, and zoning decisions protected residents not trucks.

One developer, Hillwood, is seeking a zoning change to build a million-square-foot warehouse, along with a public park, on about 65 acres of land just west of Mead Valley’s industrial corridor.

At the same time, he wants to preserve local zoning regulations that prohibit the construction of affordable housing in areas set aside for single-family homes.

“This decision is essentially a continuation of shameful racist and classist zoning policies which implemented segregation through housing laws,” Jurado said on X, the social media platform.