In 2021, California legislators passed a bill to abolish zoning laws that mandate only single-family homes in neighborhoods, aiming to tackle the state's housing shortage.

However, two years later, strong opposition from local officials and intricate challenges for homeowners seeking to add multi-unit buildings to their properties have maintained the dominance of single-family home neighborhoods in the California.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby spoke with Muhammad Alameldin, Policy Associate, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.