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- Title: California's Fight Against Global Warming: Finally Getting Smart About Sprawl?
- Author : Stanford Law & Policy Review
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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INTRODUCTION California prides itself as a leader in climate-change policy. In 2006, with passage of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), (1) it became the first state in the nation to regulate greenhouse gases by requiring that emissions be reduced to their 1990 levels by 2020. (2) AB 32 did not, however, give the state authority to regulate the sprawling development that contributes to increased greenhouse gas emissions. A recent bill, SB 375, (3) which some have called a "sea change" in California's land-use laws, attempts to give the state these missing tools. (4) Due to opposition from local government and development interests, though, this attempt to curb sprawl may not be as powerful or revolutionary as some have claimed. (5) However, its additions to local land-use planning and incentives encouraging public transit-oriented development may help push California toward embracing denser communities with shorter commutes, thereby enabling the state to meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals.