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Improving the Quality of Our Lives through Better Land Use Choices

Our purpose is to educate the public and encourage citizen participation in local land use decision making to foster the kind of community growth that strengthens the economy, improves health, conserves land and natural resources, causes less pollution, demands fewer tax dollars and better serves the region's diverse population.

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Home > Studies & Reports

Studies & Reports

For more detailed information about how land use is related to the quality of life in the San Joaquin Valley and what can be done to improve both, consult the following reports.

Agriculture:

  • California Agricultural Land Loss and Conservation: Basic Facts (2009)
  • The Future Is Now: Central Valley Farmland at the Tipping Point (2005)
  • Paving Paradise: A New Perspective on California Farmland Conversion (2007)
  • Full Mitigation of Farmland Development
  • Curbing Ranchettes in the Central Valley: A Policy Proposal

Air Quality:

  • Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
  • The California Endowment, Building Healthy Communities Initiative
  • California Air Resource Board – SB375 Implementation
  • Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community Health Perspective
  • CEQA and Climate Change

Climate Change

  • Land Use, Climate Change, and Public Health Issue Brief
  • Communities Tackle Global Warming: A Guide to SB 375
  • Fact Sheet: SB 375 and Cities
  • Windfall for All: How Connected, Convenient Neighborhoods Can Protect Our Climate and Safeguard California’s Economy
  • CO2 Reductions Attributable to Smart Growth in California

San Joaquin Valley Blueprint

  • San Joaquin Valley Blueprint Process Summary Report

Smart Growth

  • Framing Our Future – Grading Smart Growth in the San Joaquin Valley
  • Smart Money in Real Estate is on Smart Growth

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My Issues

Discover the land use issues currently affecting your community:

  • Affordable Housing
  • Air Quality
  • Climate Change
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Agriculture
  • Public Health
  • Transportation
  • Water

My Community

Discover the land use decisions currently affecting your community:
  • San Joaquin County
  • Stanislaus County
  • Merced County
  • Madera County
  • Fresno County
  • Kings County
  • Tulare County
  • Kern County

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