According to Reason Research Fellow Chris Fiscelli, California needs market-oriented approaches, not restrictive land use controls, to grow smarter.
"More traditional planning will do little to solve growth related problems in California except give us more of the same-single-use zoning, expensive transit systems with low ridership, HOV lanes that are rarely used, strict land use controls that limit development innovation, and urban growth boundaries that cause leapfrog development and drive up housing prices. This is the same planning that has given use what we have now - traffic congestion, numbing sameness in local malls and stale residential subdivisions, and exclusionary zoning practices that restrict housing choices for consumers."
Thanks to George Passantino
FULL STORY: Does California Really Need More Planning?

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