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Local Government and Suburbanization

Local Government and Suburbanization. Local issues state and local government growth and sprawl smart growth. Local Government--what people really care about. Some issues of local govt: promoting jobs and housing maintaining town character--pleasing neighborhoods and vital downtown

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Local Government and Suburbanization

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  1. Local Government and Suburbanization • Local issues • state and local government • growth and sprawl • smart growth

  2. Local Government--what people really care about • Some issues of local govt: • promoting jobs and housing • maintaining town character--pleasing neighborhoods and vital downtown • preserving local environment and green space • providing recreation • providing health and social services • ensuring public peace and safety • maintaining infrastructure, waste disposal • providing schooling

  3. Forms of local government • City: • weak mayor (council/manager) vs. strong mayor • district/at large elections • planning commission, police review board, etc. Special districts: • school, transportation, air, water, waste management • County: • Board of Supervisors • City council for the unincorporated areas • Oversee provision of county services

  4. State Government in CA • Governor and statewide offices • plural executive • 40 Senators, 80 Assemblypersons

  5. Growth and sprawl—since the ’50s • abandoning pre-automobile land-use • low density • separation of functions • single family residential, commercial, office, industrial

  6. Is growth good or bad? • What is smart growth? • “infill” not “greenfield” • higher densities, especially in urban cores • mixed uses • streetscape designed for pedestrians as much as cars • http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/transformations/index.asp

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