Calif. bill would tie land use to carbon emissions

AP via google news ^ | Don Thompson

[calcowgirl]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For decades, California cities and counties knew one way to grow — by sprawling outward.

That approach, which has led to ever longer commutes, jammed freeways and worsening air quality, is being challenged under a bill that was approved Saturday in the state Legislature.

If signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has not yet indicated whether he would do so, the bill would require local governments to plan their growth so that homes, businesses and public transit systems are clustered together. The goal is to help California meet the emission mandates spelled out in a wide-ranging greenhouse gas reduction law passed two years ago.

At the same time, it will encourage housing to be built closer to where people work and shop while discouraging the type of suburban sprawl that has characterized California's development pattern for decades. 139

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California would be the first state to impose such statewide requirements on local land-use decisions and connect them to concerns about global warming. It is one of many steps the state is taking to meet the mandates of the 2006 law, which Schwarzenegger championed and which requires all greenhouse gas emissions statewide to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Republicans opposed the bill, equating it to government telling people where and how they should live.

GOP state Sen. Tom McClintock said the legislation would force people to live in "a condo by the train tracks" by discouraging developers from building traditional suburban neighborhoods that provide more space.

He described it as "bureaucratic central planning over individual freedom of choice."

[calcowgirl]

Earlier thread on SB 375:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065810/posts
CA: A smart bill for smart growth ... on verge of passage in Legislature

[Farmer Dean]

Useless bureaucrats keep pushing their social engineering agenda.Pretty soon the citizens will push back and it's not gonna be pretty.

[spokeshave]

Great....I can join the 183 brigade.....work half a year & a day outside CA to avoid CA taxes......dusting off steel toe boots, hard hat and opening map of ND oilfields.

[Bernard Marx]

We Americans are allowing ourselves to be legislated into bondage. The role of carbon emissions in so-called AGW is not even close to being scientifically proven. But liberal politicians have carefully created the public perception that carbon is deadly, and they're working 24/7 on restrictive legislation before the science is truly understood. In politics perceptions, not facts, rule.

Anyone who understands the catastrophic effects the Endangered Species Act has had on private property rights should work desperately to stop the new carbon restrictions before it's too late. This will make the ESA look like child's play.

[An Old Man]

"At the same time, it will encourage housing to be built closer to where people work and shop"

Hmmm... wait til the NIMBY group get an earful of the latest land grab from the socialists. This has been coming to a head since the beginnings of land planning.

In America, the government has no business telling people where to live or work. That is for socialist countries.

[AuntB]

I’ve just about had it with California.

[BigBobber]

If Arnold were to sign this bill he would be the biggest hypocrite since the word was invented.

He commutes several hundred miles each day (by private jet) from his humongous suburban home in LA to his office in Sacramento.

[Calpernia]

Here is an article in reference to the freepmail you sent me.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Old Professer]

California is drowning in a tidal wave of immigration, at the current rate they’ll be living shoulder to shoulder even if all they have for shelter is tents.

[EagleUSA]

Useless bureaucrats keep pushing their social engineering agenda.Pretty soon the citizens will push back and it’s not gonna be pretty.
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Liberalism destroying everything it touches. California is a PRIME example.

[calcowgirl]

If Arnold were to sign this bill he would be the biggest hypocrite since the word was invented.

I believe he has already demonstrated that in numerous other ways.

It's all about keeping the little people in line.

"My relationship to power and authority is that I’m all for it," he once explained.
"People need somebody to watch over them.... Ninety-five percent of the
people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave."

-- Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. News & World Report, Nov 26, 1990

[Old Professer]

Nobody using 183brigade.com; wanna go for it?

[calcowgirl]

Bump!

You are so right!

[Old Professer]

Did you ever see a millionaire who lived in a fifth floor walkup?

[NormsRevenge]

Here’s a SD U-T piece as well.. what madness!

CA: State bill would be a blueprint for growth (Land-use rules to fight global warming / SB 375)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071877/posts

Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:29:31 AM · by NormsRevenge ·

San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 8/31/08 | Michael Gardner

[sailor4321]

Let’s see now....they are incapable of putting together a balanced budget but they are so smart they can tell 35 million Californians how to live...

[proudofthesouth]

If I didn’t know better I’d swear that quote came from Hitler, Stalin, or Mao.

[calcowgirl]

Cross link to other thread:

CA: State bill would be a blueprint for growth (Land-use rules to fight global warming / SB 375)