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California 4 Yolo is state’s fastest growing county The Sacramento Bee, December 22, 2016 homes have already been built, most are slated for construction over several years, said Charline Hamilton, West Sacramento’s community development director. Hamilton said what is happening in West Sacramento ‘is not like a boom ... Our current general plan is only projecting a growth of a little over 1 percent’ each year for the next several years. “Still, a large chunk of Yolo County’s growth came from new residents moving to the area, according to the Department of Finance.”
Phillip Reese, http://bit.ly/2hfd4OF • “Yolo County is not known for rapid population growth. But the state Department of Finance reported that the county’s population grew faster between July 2015 and July 2016 than in any other county in California. Yolo added about 4,000 people, for a growth rate of about 2 percent. Population growth statewide was 0.75 percent. “Yolo County officials expressed surprise, but yes, a few large housing projects are underway. “In Davis, The Cannery (http://bit.ly/2hfcLU1), a ‘farm-to-table new home community,’ is drawing new residents to a town known for opposition to growth. ‘It’s a residential subdivision of single-family attached and detached homes and apartments,’ said Katherine Hess, Davis community development director. The development, which also features space for stores, will eventually contain more than 500 homes, Hess said. “In West Sacramento, developers are gearing up to build about 4,000 housing units in the Bridge District across the river from downtown Sacramento. While some of those
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“SB 35, a state-level approach to housing, is certain to engender a robust discussion about who makes decisions about housing in California. We have a long tradition of pure local control, since local communities are frequently in the best position to judge what makes sense for their residents. However, if unfettered local control means that [some] communities punt housing creation to other communities, the State needs to step in to ensure that all communities are equitably contributing to housing needs. Local control should mean that communities get to decide how they comply with their housing goals, not whether they comply. Under SB 35, cities that aren’t on track to meet their housing goals will lose some local control until they get back on track.” —State Senator Scott Wiener, http://bit.ly/2hN9uQI
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January/February 2017