Themes in History of California Planning, 1970s-today Bill Fulton Cal APA Conference September 25, 2017

Urban Strategy Goals (1978) Urban straegy   (1) increasing employment through environmentallysound industrial and commercial growth; (2) improving the quality of public schools; (3) providing an adequate supply of affordable housing in both cities and suburbs; (4) curbing wasteful urban sprawl and directing new development to existing cities and suburbs; (5) protecting the state's natural environment, particularly the land and air and water quality; (6) revitalizing central cities and neighborhoods and eliminating urban blight; (7) protecting the most productive agricultural lands; (8) encouraging land-use patterns in a manner to stimulate necessary development while protecting environmental quality; (9) improving the efficiency of government and limiting taxes to the lowest practical level; (1 0) encouraging effective local law enforcement; (11) providing an adequate transportation system, including both public transit and well-maintained streets and freeways; (12) providing recreational and cultural activities; (13) guaranteeing needed social services, such as health care, job training and adequate unemployment and other financial assistan .    Urban Strategy Goals (1978) Providing an adequate supply of affordable housing in both cities and suburbs; Curbing wasteful urban sprawl and directing new development to existing cities and suburbs; Protecting the state's natural environment, particularly the land and air and water quality; Revitalizing central cities and neighborhoods and eliminating urban blight; Protecting the most productive agricultural lands; Encouraging land-use patterns in a manner to stimulate necessary development while protecting environmental quality

Urban Strategy Location Priorities (1978) Renew and maintain existing urban areas, both cities and suburbs. Develop vacant and under-utilized land within existing urban and suburban areas and presently served by streets, water, sewer and other public services. When urban development is necessary outside existing urban and suburban areas, use land that is immediately adjacent.

AB 857 Goals (2002) To promote infill development and rehabilitating, maintaining and improving existing infrastructure and appropriate reuse and redevelopment of underutilized land that is presently served by transit, streets, water and other essential services … To protect environmental and agricultural resources by protecting, preserving, and enhancing the state’s most valuable   To encourage efficient developmental patterns by ensuring that any infrastructure associated with development that is not infill support new development that uses land efficiently, is built adjacent to existing developed areas …

Strategic Growth Council Goals (2008) Protect natural resources and agriculture lands Encourage greater infill and compact development Revitalize community and urban centers Increase the availability of affordable housing Assist state and local entities in the planning of sustainable communities and meeting AB 32 goals Promote public health and equity Improve transportation

Is The Era Of Big Policy Drivers Over? No! There has never been a more powerful policy driver for development in California than greenhouse gas emissions reduction.