Moira O'Neill

University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development

Associate Research Scientist

230 Bauer Wurster Hall

#1820

Berkeley, CA 94720

United States

http://https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/clee/about/people/moira-oneill/

University of Virginia, School of Architecture

Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Planning

Campbell Hall

P.O. Box 400122

Charlottesville, VA 22904

United States

  • University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development

  • University of Virginia, School of Architecture

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Making It Work: Legal Foundations for Administrative Reform of California's Housing Framework

47 Ecology Law Quarterly 973-1060 (2020)
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 16 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2021
Christopher S. Elmendorf, Eric Biber, Paavo Monkkonen and Moira O'Neill
University of California, Davis - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development
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land use, zoning, affordable housing, administrative law, planning, YIMBY, fair housing, affirmatively furthering fair housing

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Examining Entitlement in California to Inform Policy and Process: Advancing Social Equity in Housing Development Patterns

Number of pages: 136 Posted: 08 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2022
Moira O'Neill, Eric Biber, Giulia Gualco-Nelson, Nicholas Marantz and Nicholas Marantz
University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and University of California, Irvine - Department of Planning, Policy and DesignUniversity of California, Irvine School of Law
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land use, zoning, housing, environmental regulation

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State Administrative Review of Local Constraints on Housing Development: Improving the California Model

63 Arizona Law Review 609 (2021)
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 23 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2021
Christopher S. Elmendorf, Eric Biber, Paavo Monkkonen and Moira O'Neill
University of California, Davis - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development
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housing, land use, affordable housing, fair housing, state and local government, YIMBY, NIMBY, zoning, planning, general plan, comprehensive plan, housing element

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Local Regulation of Cannabis in California

Number of pages: 363 Posted: 31 Oct 2023
Eric Biber, Haley de Genova, Daniel Froehlich, Joanna Hossack, Taewon Park and Moira O'Neill
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, Independent and University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development
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cannabis, environmental regulation, regulation, land-use law, environmental law, agriculture, water

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Sustainable Communities or the Next Urban Renewal?

47.4 Ecology Law Quarterly 101 (2020)
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 24 May 2021
Moira O'Neill, Giulia Gualco-Nelson and Eric Biber
University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development, Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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land use, local government, zoning, housing

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'I Would, If Only I Could' How Cities Can Use California’s Housing Element Law to Overcome Neighborhood Resistance to New Housing

57 Willamette Law Review 221-252 (2021)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2022
Christopher S. Elmendorf, Eric Biber, Paavo Monkkonen and Moira O'Neill
University of California, Davis - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development
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Land use, housing, zoning, general plan, comprehensive plan, housing element, fair share, NIMBY, YIMBY, local government, property, local politics, city politics.

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Small Suburbs, Large Lots: How the Scale of Land-Use Regulation Affects Housing Affordability, Equity, and the Climate

Utah Law Review, 2021
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Oct 2021
Eric Biber, Giulia Gualco-Nelson, Nicholas Marantz, Nicholas Marantz and Moira O'Neill
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of California, Irvine - Department of Planning, Policy and DesignUniversity of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development
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Land-Use Law, Housing Production, Local Government, Local Control

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Just Look at the Map: Bounding Environmental Review of Housing Development in California

Environmental Law, Vol. 54, 2024
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 17 May 2024
Eric Biber, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Nicholas Marantz, Nicholas Marantz and Moira O'Neill
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Davis - School of Law, University of California, Irvine - Department of Planning, Policy and DesignUniversity of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development
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land-use, housing, zoning, environmental review, CEQA, infill housing

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Building to Burn? Permitting Exurban Housing Development in High Fire Hazard Zones

Ecology Law Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 May 2022
Eric Biber and Moira O'Neill
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development
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land use, zoning, housing, environmental regulation

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Developing Policy From the Ground Up: Examining Entitlement in the Bay Area to Inform California’s Housing Policy Debates

25 Hastings Environmental Law Journal 1
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 25 Jan 2019
Moira O'Neill, Giulia Gualco-Nelson and Eric Biber
University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development, Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Land-Use Regulation, Housing Development, Environmental Review, Land-Use Law, CEQA, Affordability

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Affirmatively Furthering Public Participation: Are California Municipalities Engaging their Communities in Planning for Fair Housing?

Number of pages: 102 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Paavo Monkkonen, Erik Felix, Shane Phillips, Moira O'Neill and Michael Lens
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Public participation, fair housing, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, local input, plan mandates, California