Space for People or for Cars? Housing Implications of Statewide Parking Reform

Cities use minimum parking requirements to make sure new housing provides sufficient parking, but research shows that these mandates also drive up the price of new homes, harm the environment, and often result in more parking than residents actually want. Some local governments have taken steps toward reform by eliminating or sharply reducing parking requirements, but the pace of progress has not matched the urgency of the housing and climate crises facing California.

On Wednesday, May 11th, California Assemblymember Laura Friedman, 43rd Assembly District; Professor Adam Millard-Ball, UCLA Luskin Associate Associate Professor of Urban Planning; and additional panelists will join us to demystify parking policy and its relationship to housing, discuss the experience of cities that have already eliminated parking minimums, and make the case for statewide reform.

****The Housing, Equity and Community Series is a UCLA joint endeavor from the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the Ziman Center for Real Estate.