Smart Building

This Fresno Bee editorial encourages Gov. Gray Davis to signAB 2494, a bill sponsored by state Treasurer Phil Angelides and authoredby Assemblyman Darrel Steinberg that would require the state to considerlocating its offices near transit hubs in mixed-use commercial districtsin need of economic revitalization instead of suburban environments. . Thebill would not constrict the state's locating office, but ratherencourage investing in these types of smart development areas in effortsto help shape growth patterns.