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Voters, Elected Officials Differ On Growth Management Tools

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Paul Shigley
12 September 2002 - 8:00am

Voters and elected officials prefer different types of growth managementstrategies.

"When given the choice, local voters in California select different growth management tools than elected officials do, according to the latest report on "ballot-box zoning" from Solimar Research Group. The new study, "Tools And Patterns of Growth Management Ballot Measures in California, 1986-2000," by Mai Nguyen and myself, is available in PDF at www.solimar.org. It reports on a detailed statistical analysis of 600 growth management measures that appeared on local ballots throughout California from 1986 through 2000 as compiled by California Planning & Development Report."

Full Story: Voters, Elected Officials Differ on Growth Management Tools
Source: California Planning and Development Report, September 10, 2002
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