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Consultant tells Eureka council single‑family (R1) zoning traces to segregationist origins; council hears options
Summary
A consultant told the Eureka City Council that U.S. single‑family zoning grew from segregationist policy and mapped how local and state rules shaped Eureka's housing stock; council and staff discussed ADUs, minimum lot sizes and potential reforms.
Gaurav Srivastava, urban design director with consulting firm Dudek, told the Eureka City Council on Sept. 17 that single‑family or “R1” zoning emerged in the early 20th century as a tool that helped enforce racial and class segregation and that many present‑day zoning rules in U.S. cities trace to those origins. “The thesis of this entire presentation is that planning, as we know today, especially single family only residential zoning, originally emerged from policy objectives that were intentionally racist and segregationist,” Srivastava said.
Srivastava walked the council through landmark moments he said…
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