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Local Voters Around State Reject Development
Local Voters Around State Reject Development

by CP&DR Staff on Nov 10, 2020

Ballot Measures, Rent Control, Urban Growth Boundaries

In the 20 or so cities where growth and development was on the ballot, voters mostly sided with anti-development forces. San Diego and Monterey Park were the exceptions.

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Five Land Use Measures Appear on Local Ballots
Five Land Use Measures Appear on Local Ballots

by CP&DR Staff on Nov 13, 2017

Ballot Measures, Ballot-Box Planning, Elections, Rent Control, Urban Growth Boundaries

After the intensity of the last few election cycle — nationally and locally -- if ever there was an off-year election, November 7 was it.  >>read more

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Election Wrap-Up: Voters Statewide Opt for Compact Development
Election Wrap-Up: Voters Statewide Opt for Compact Development

Nov 16, 2010

Climate change, Downtown planning, Elections, Initiatives and referendums, Josh Stephens, Redevelopment, Urban growth boundaries, Vol. 25 No. 21 Nov 1 2010

Local voters in the Nov. 2 California election were not necessarily "pro-growth" or "anti-growth" but rather seem to have embraced smart growth like never before. They expressed subtle but clear preferences for preserving open space while accepting compact development. Urban growth boundaries were a big hit, and several infill plans and projects were approved while anything that would have led to encroachment on greenfields or urban fringes was shot down.

Local election highlights include the following:

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Wendell Cox's Voodoo Economics
Wendell Cox's Voodoo Economics

by William Fulton on Nov 6, 2010

growth management, smart growth, sprawl, urban growth boundaries, Wendell Cox

So, yet again Wendell Cox � a leader of the anti-anti-sprawl crowd -- has trotted out an impressive-looking quantitative report that purports to prove that certain metropolitan regions have high home prices because of "more restrictive land use regulation". In his New Geography piece  last week, which linked to a report on his web site, Cox seemed to attribute virtually all the variation in home price around the country to land use regulations � just as he has done in the past.

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Santa Paula Voters Approve First UGB Expansion
Santa Paula Voters Approve First UGB Expansion

May 9, 2007

CP&DR Staff, Elections, Urban growth boundaries, Ventura County

For the first time, residents in a Ventura County city have voted to substantially expand their urban growth boundaries in order to accommodate a residential development.

Some 61% of Santa Paula residents voted on Tuesday, May 8, to expand the urban growth boundary by 4,800 acres to bring the Adams Canyon area inside the city's growth boundary. Measure A7 also directed the city to amend its general plan to permit about 500 houses, a resort hotel and golf course, and require at least 200 acres of passive open space.
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