Florida's Growth Policy Reform

"A sweeping new growth-management strategy that limits state oversight of local development and endorses blocking housing development in areas that don't have enough classrooms is headed to Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature. Ending seven months of tedious review of Florida's policies on controlling and paying for growth, the 23-member Growth Management Study Commission concluded its talks Monday with a broad set of recommendations aimed at boosting Florida's economy and stopping urban sprawl. In its road map for rewriting Florida's development laws, the commission seeks to limit state oversight of communities' development plans, require more precise calculations of the costs of development and give local governments more power to regulate growth."