Comments on: Pleasanton’s Growth Cap Challenged by State Attorney General http://aboutcambria.com/2009/06/24/pleasantons-growth-cap-challenged-by-state-attorney-general/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pleasantons-growth-cap-challenged-by-state-attorney-general Cambria Pines by the Sea Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deryl Robinson http://aboutcambria.com/2009/06/24/pleasantons-growth-cap-challenged-by-state-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-29361 Deryl Robinson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:59:13 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=2236#comment-29361 A big difference between Newport and Cambria: In Newport, citizens are trying to block any zoning changes that would allow more people. In Cambria, citizens are trying to block more people from enjoying the zoning that already exists. What's needed in Cambria is un-development - A down-zoning to reduce density to what can actually be supported by the various essential resources. That is what the BRP does. But it's going to cost some money. A big difference between Newport and Cambria: In Newport, citizens are trying to block any zoning changes that would allow more people. In Cambria, citizens are trying to block more people from enjoying the zoning that already exists.

What’s needed in Cambria is un-development – A down-zoning to reduce density to what can actually be supported by the various essential resources. That is what the BRP does. But it’s going to cost some money.

]]> By: Deryl Robinson http://aboutcambria.com/2009/06/24/pleasantons-growth-cap-challenged-by-state-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-29250 Deryl Robinson Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:05:32 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=2236#comment-29250 Pretty interesting. This is a growing problem around the state. Planners and environmentalists push for smart growth policies which require existing communities to increase density, while the voters in those communities only support policies that prohibit increased density. As population continues to grow, people either need to move to the fringes or find space in existing developed communities where the jobs are. Newport Beach for example passed a ballot initiative that requires any proposed modification to the General Plan to be put to a full public vote. Since virtually any increase in density requires a mod to the general plan, and the voters will say no to everything, there will never be any increase in density in Newport Beach. Considering that the city is a major employment center that means a lot of people will continue indefinitely to commute long distances to work there. Maybe Brown will go after them next. At least Newport admits its motivations are to maintain exclusivity and keep traffic down. In Cambria we have self-described environmentalists doing the same thing but calling it something different. Pretty interesting. This is a growing problem around the state. Planners and environmentalists push for smart growth policies which require existing communities to increase density, while the voters in those communities only support policies that prohibit increased density. As population continues to grow, people either need to move to the fringes or find space in existing developed communities where the jobs are. Newport Beach for example passed a ballot initiative that requires any proposed modification to the General Plan to be put to a full public vote. Since virtually any increase in density requires a mod to the general plan, and the voters will say no to everything, there will never be any increase in density in Newport Beach. Considering that the city is a major employment center that means a lot of people will continue indefinitely to commute long distances to work there. Maybe Brown will go after them next.

At least Newport admits its motivations are to maintain exclusivity and keep traffic down. In Cambria we have self-described environmentalists doing the same thing but calling it something different.

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