M. Nolan Gray

Nolan Gray is the research director at California YIMBY. Gray earned a PhD in Urban Planning at University of California, Los Angeles, a Master of City and Regional Planning degree at Rutgers University, and received BAs in philosophy and political science from the University of Kentucky. He was a Research Fellow in the Urbanity Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His research focuses on land-use regulation, housing affordability, and urban design. Nolan was a Mercatus Frédéric Bastiat Fellow during the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2020-2021 academic years and a Mercatus Visiting Dissertation Fellow during the 2021-2022 academic year.