Summary: Thursday, October 23, 2014 Affordable housing and sustainable communities; that sounds good to me! As listeners may remember, the State of California is trying to incentivize better planning, and to stimulate the creation of more sustainable communities throughout the state. While I tend to think that specific directives, rather than indirect incentives, might be the best route to the goal, many other states aren’t really doing anything to achieve fundamental shifts in the destructive patterns of land use that result in sprawl, loss of agricultural lands, wasted energy and wasted time. California’s sustainable communities program is at least attempting to grapple with the beast of a bad land use paradigm. Also on the positive side, California recognizes that “sustainable communities” must incorporate ample amounts of affordable housing. If you think that affordable housing and sustainable communities are something worth fighting for, and would like to get involved, please track down today’s transcript at kusp.org/landuse. I have links to a draft set of affordable housing and sustainable communities guidelines, and also a link that will let you register for a free, and participatory, webcast on this topic. The webcast is on October 27th, so plan ahead. Comments on the Guidelines are due by October 31st. More Information: Land Use Links Gary Patton’s Two Worlds Blog Strategic Growth Council Website Draft Guidelines Webcast Signup Page
