California Can't Ignore Growth

"The political response to [California's growth] phenomenon has generally taken two forms, seemingly different but, in fact, similar in effect and equally wrongheaded. The first is to acknowledge growth but largely ignore its collateral effects and assume that, somehow, it will be absorbed without spending on new public works to serve it. The second is to oppose facilities to serve population expansion, such as housing tracts and highways, and hope that, somehow, growth will go away..."

Thanks to NACDUrban