Report Urges Coordinated Growth Policies
- Share via
Researchers from USC and the Brookings Institution think tank will issue a report today urging Southern California community leaders to combat the problems of sprawl by developing coordinated regional growth policies. Among other things, the report calls for efforts to encourage home building and job creation in the region’s aging communities, where many poor and low-income workers are concentrated. The 60-page report, titled “Sprawl Hits the Wall,” argues that policy changes are needed because of continuing population growth, infrastructure strains and the increasing scarcity of readily developable land on Southern California’s metropolitan fringe. “We can’t go on sprawling like we’ve been sprawling. We can keep on growing, but it’s a question of where we grow,” said Michael Dear, the director of USC’s Southern California Studies Center, which launched the research project.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
John Orr was a renowned fire investigator who was also a prolific arsonist, and whose thinly veiled novel helped to convict him. In this episode we hear from the fire captain who first suspected him—and from Orr himself.
Tom Girardi was a legal legend—until he was found guilty of stealing millions from his own clients. Host Madison McGhee and pop culture commentator Kiki Monique unpack how his downfall became a Real Housewives scandal, and what Erika Jayne may or may not have known. Plus, L.A. Times reporter Harriet Ryan joins to share how she helped bring Girardi’s crimes to light.
Sammy Roth visits America’s second-largest nuclear plant, Arizona’s Palo Verde Generating Station, and sits down with three experts to explore the pros and cons of atomic energy.
