Publication Date

Spring 1996

Degree Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Urban Planning (MUP)

Department

Urban and Regional Planning

Abstract

This paper will look at the effects of growth management programs by communities in the state of California and their effects on development. As Chart 1 shows below, the state has grown dramatically from 1940 to 1990.

California grew 26-percent from 1980 to 1990. By 1996, in response to this growth, 45 cities and 3 counties had implemented growth management programs in their general plans to control local growth. Furthermore, as of 1989, there were 907 different growth control, management measures in 443 local jurisdictions in California. or They range from major cities like San Diego, to smaU rural counties like Lassen County. The economic demand on land and its short supply, has lead to huge increases in housing prices in most areas of the state. The average home price in California went up from $84,500 in 1980 to $194,300 in 1990, a 129-percent increase. Moreover, housing prices in the Bay Area, the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, San Diego County and Orange County went up even higher. This paper will take a look at what effect growth management programs had on this mcrease and whether diey actually did what they were supposed to do; control growth.

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