California
A bill in Sacramento would require local governments to plan their growth so homes, businesses and public transit systems are clustered together. The goal is to help California meet the emission mandates spelled out in a wide-ranging greenhouse gas reduction law passed two years ago.
At the same time, it will encourage housing to be built closer to where people work and shop while discouraging the type of suburban development that has characterized California's housing pattern for decades.
It requires local governments to submit regional development plans to state air regulators for approval, and
"allows California to grow, but in a way that is consistent with our environmental goals."California would be the first state to impose such statewide requirements on local land-use decisions and connect them to concerns about global warming. It is one of many steps the state is taking to meet the mandates of the 2006 law, which requires all greenhouse gas emissions statewide to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.
Republicans opposed the bill, equating it to government telling people where and how they should live. Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, said the legislation would force people to live in "a condo by the train tracks" by discouraging developers from building traditional suburban neighborhoods that provide more space.
[the insanity begins - how much damage to our economy and standard of living will need to occur before voters demand a repeal of these social(ist) engineering schemes? - and no, the AP 'reporter' never gave the bill's docket number of official title.]
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