Schwarzenegger Favors Curbing Sprawl

11 November 2003 - 2:00pm

Governor-elect of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger favors restoration of declining urban environments. His website criticizes "fiscally unsustainable sprawl" and promises new incentives revitalization of blighted areas.

Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger could become the newest governor to try to curb suburban sprawl in favor of rebuilding existing cities, experts say, a path certain to rile some California builders and real-estate interests who contributed $2.5 million to his campaign.Schwarzenegger has projected a bent toward "smart growth" that favors transit, rebuilding existing cities and slowing development on vacant farmland.

Source: Orange County Register, November 10, 2003
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