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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Key to the City” – or the key to more control?
D. Dowd Muska
November 26, 2024
She is a “Mexican-American architect, attorney, professor and policymaker whose interdisciplinary work focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed and connected places.” The author grew up in Houston, served for seven years as the head ...
Despite latest defense, zoning is just government coercion
Kerry Jackson
November 22, 2024
Despite latest defense, zoning is just government coercion By Kerry Jackson | November 22, 2024 Central planning never goes out of style on the political left. On occasion, though, it gets special attention. That’s the case with a new book ...
Watch PRI’s Webinar – The Grants Pass Decision on Homelessness: An Inside Look
Pacific Research Institute
August 5, 2024
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson represents the lifting of a major legal logjam that has hindered the efforts of local governments in California and across the country to clean up homeless encampments and alleviate rising ...
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Building Cities From Scratch
Steven Greenhut
October 2, 2024
SACRAMENTO – The plan by a group of San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists to build an entirely new city on ranch land in Solano County between the Bay Area and Sacramento has become one of the most controversial housing ...
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Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Key to the City” – or the key to more control?
D. Dowd Muska
November 26, 2024
Despite latest defense, zoning is just government coercion
Kerry Jackson
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