The Suburban Squeeze: Land Conversion and Regulation in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Suburban Squeeze: Land Conversion and Regulation in the San Francisco Bay Area is a landmark study of how local land use policies and environmental regulations reshaped one of the country’s fastest-growing metropolitan regions. David E. Dowall traces the historical arc of Bay Area suburbanization after World War II and demonstrates how restrictive zoning, slow-growth ordinances, and fiscal constraints—especially after Proposition 13—contributed to rising housing costs and deepening jobs...