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Managing Growth in California:
Ballot-Box Planning and Other Tools and Techniques
In the next 40 years California's population is expected to grow
by 24 million, the equivalent of adding the current population of
the states of Texas and New York. Even conservative projections
anticipate a significant increase in our state's population for
the foreseeable future. Over 65% of the growth in population will
be the result of natural increase, not immigration from abroad or
other states. How we shape and manage that growth will be crucial
to the future livability of our communities and our regions.
This workshop examined the different techniques for managing growth
- ranging from urban growth boundaries to caps on housing construction
to infrastructure requirements - as well as the ways in which they
are implemented.
Workshop Dates and Locations
- Thursday, June 6 - Holiday Inn, 2730 North Main Street, Walnut
Creek
- Friday, June 7 - The Windmill, 890 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad
- Thursday, July 18 - Embassy Suites, 333 Madonna Road, San Luis
Obispo
On the Agenda
- The Growth Challenge for the Region
- Ballot-Box Planning: Two Statewide Perspectives
- Growth Management Tool and Techniques
- Lessons in Managing Growth: The Out-of-State Perspective
- The Role of Regional Collaboration
- State Policies to Help Manage Growth: Prospects and Possibilities
- Using Growth to Make our Communities More Livable
Walnut Creek
Agenda | Carlsbad Agenda
| San Luis Obispo Agenda
Speakers
- Bill Fulton, President, Solimar Research Group (Presentation)
(Companion
Report - "Growth Management Ballot Measures in California",
PDF, 1 MB)
- Bill Higgins, Project Director, Institute for Local Self Government
(Presentation)
- Marc de La Vergne, Associate Director, Planning and Conservation
League (Presentation)
- Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Director of Land Use Programs, Local Government
Commission (Presentation)
Funders
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- The James Irvine Foundation
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Cosponsors
- League of California Cities
- California State Association of Counties
- Planning and Conservation League
- Institute for Local Self Government
- California Center for Regional Leadership
- California Association of Governments (CALCOG)
- Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
- San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG)
- ECO-SLO
- San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
- Greenbelt Alliance
- California Futures Network
- Urban Ecology
- National Wildlife Federation
- North County Collaborative
- North County Economic Development Corporation
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