How serious is the problem of urban sprawl in California?
If you do not think sprawl is a problem, where and how should anti-sprawl organizations be redirecting their efforts? If you do think sprawl is a problem, what value would you place (high, moderate, low) on the following approaches to reducing sprawl? Would you sponsor or support legislation that would adopt any of these approaches? Sprawl is a very serious problem which threatens the very quality of life that draws so many of us to spend our lives here. On the North Coast we have a wonderful opportunity to learn from our mistakes and fashion more livable communities &emdash; communities where people can live and work. • a. Preparation of a State Comprehensive Plan that sets forth “smart growth” guidelines that local general plan policies must be made consistent with; Moderate b. A new state law that requires each local general plan to contain an “Urban Growth Boundary” – a boundary around each city and county and includes enough land for twenty years of growth, with urban growth prohi
