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All the city news you can use. By Jeff Wood - Jan 23rd, 2021 10:34 am //end headline wrapper ?>Aerial view of Sacramento, California. Photo by Ron Reiring, (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Every day at The Overhead Wire we sort through over 1,500 news items about cities and share the best ones with our email list. At the end of the week, we take some of the most popular stories and share them with Urban Milwaukee readers. They are national (or international) links, sometimes entertaining and sometimes absurd, but hopefully useful.
Sacramento getting rid of single-family zoning: Sacramento City Council unanimously supported a move to get rid of single-family zoning in the city, a move that follows similar changes in Oregon and Minneapolis. The new rule would allow four units on each parcel of land though design guidelines will be included. (
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A step toward eliminating single family zoning in Sacramento: The Sacramento City Council unanimously supported a move to get rid of single family zoning in the city, mirroring similar changes in Oregon and Minneapolis. The new rule would allow four units on each parcel of land, though design guidelines would be included. (Theresa Clift | Sacramento Bee)
Airbnb CEO says travel is changed forever: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky predicts that travel won’t be the same again after the pandemic ends. In the future, he believes, more travel will be for leisure and less for business, people will visit smaller cities on road trips to less touristy areas, and people may visit more family and connect with friends. (Danielle Abril | Fortune)