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Back To The Corner Store

Roads? Where we're going, we'll have a corner store down the street.

Sacramento just proposed some zoning code changes which would help achieve a more financially resilient, walkable, and livable city! Here are some of the most exciting things the proposal would allow:

  • ✅ 3-story apartments anywhere
  • ✅ Starter homes arranged as bungalow courts
  • ✅ Commercial uses allowed in neighborhoods

These are all important steps towards ending the Suburban Experiment, but we think the proposed codes could be even more flexible. Share your feedback online or attend a workshop:

cityofsacramento.gov/zoningcodeupdate

And join Strong SacTown to join the movement!

u/sankeytm — 11 hours ago
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Sacramento’s Biggest Housing Solution Lies Dormant In Our Backyards

Sacramento needs to double housing production, but more sprawl piles on debt and empty Downtown lots for new apartments are growing scarce. There's a third path: ~$25B of "sleeping equity" in underutilized backyards, garages, and spare rooms. San Diego, LA, and even Rust Belt cities like Kalamazoo and South Bend are unlocking housing with city-backed construction loans, pre-approved plans, and code reforms that let suburbs grow up. When we think small instead of fixating on big shiny projects, we find housing solutions all around us.

This blog post is practically just Escaping the Housing Trap applied to Sacramento with added local context and my own digital media polish. I wrote this for Strong SacTown, a local conversation of Strong Towns which advocates for fiscally resilient cities by adopting traditional patterns of development.

CC BY-SA Troy Sankey

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u/sankeytm — 2 months ago