Robert Reich, author of The System: Who Rigged It, wants to help the poor and homeless by….blocking infill development on his street:
The “character” of his North Berkeley neighborhood was originally the result of racially restrictive covenants. After the courts outlawed the covenants, they were replaced by zoning rules which served the same purpose. Berkeley was one of the first cities in the country to use zoning this way.
And sadly, it is not the first time Dr. Reich has proposed keeping the working poor as far away as possible:
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