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Saying 'No' To Housing: Cities Defend Industrial Lands

Posted by: Nate Berg
Thanks to: Paul Shigley
1 November 2007 - 1:00pm

A number of cities in California are adopting policies to limit the conversion of industrial lands to housing and, in some case, retail development. Cities insist they need to defend their industrial job bases.

"In the face of never-ending pressure to provide new housing, the three largest cities in the San Francisco Bay Area have taken steps to slow the conversion of industrial properties. At the same time, local officials in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties are at least talking about similar policies."

"However, limits on conversions are not popular with housing developers and could have unintended consequences."

Full Story: Cities Protect Industrial Lands
Source: California Planning & Development Report, October 29, 2007
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The promise of 'communities' yet-to-come must be particularly offensive to people who pre-date incoming developments. What is the 'beginning of a community that has the body language of a community?' Does this imply that the current neighborhoods in and around downtown Los Angeles lack such a 'body language'?
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