California Housing Caps Won't Go Away

The growth management tool of choice these days seems to be the growth boundary, not the growth cap.

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March 8, 2001, 10:00 AM PST

"When voters in Tracy approved an annual "cap" on new housing construction last November, it was the first time since the late 1980s that a California municipality enacted this venerable ? yet controversial ? method of restricting growth. The growth management tool of choice these days seems to be the growth boundary, not the growth cap ? a decision to focus on geography, not quantity. Yet in the last couple of years, a number of cities have voted to renew their housing caps for another 10 years or longer."

Thanks to California Planning & Development Report

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