The Popularity Of Growth Control Measures

23 April 2001 - 12:00pm

Though planners have suggested that growth cannot be stopped, residents of San Diego County are readying an artillery of slow growth initiatives in hopes of preserving the area's character.

"Despite what some studies suggest ---- that growth-control measures are provincial measures that hurt local economies ---- neighborhood activists have lobbied for passage of the initiatives in a number of cities in San Diego and Riverside counties. And those activists show no signs of slowing down. Just as planners prepare to go to the San Diego Association of Governments board Friday to present a new report that, again, concludes the region cannot substantially slow growth, they are doing so against the backdrop of growth-control proposals that continue to surface."

Source: The News & Observer, April 22, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.