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RESOLUTION NO. 9169
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH OPPOSING ADOPTION OF THE
DRAFT REPORT ENTITLED "URBAN DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY FOR CALIFORNIA'
WHEREAS, the State Office of Planning and Research
has published a draft report entitled "Urban Development Strategy
for California "; and
WHEREAS, the heart of the proposed plan is 13 policies
and 46 recommended actions which propose drastic changes in
established economic, social, and political structures with
many possible pitfalls; and
WHEREAS, for many of the terms used, precise defini-
tions are not stated, i.e., "appropriate locations ",'bxisting
urban areas ", etc.; and
WHEREAS, this plan will artificially reduce the amount
of land available for building, thereby driving up the cost
of both land and homes, both new and old; and
WHEREAS, implicit throughout the plan is the concept
that local units of government have failed and that planning
by an ever greater centralized bureaucracy can satisfy the
needs of our citizens better than local governmental jurisdictions;
and
WHEREAS, a fundamental premise of the American system
is the utilization of a free and open market place, one in
which the people, through their purchasing power, make the
basic decisions about the quality of life they prefer. The
use of resources - land, air, water and energy - have been in
response to the market dictates of the people. This freedom of
choice appears to have a certain repugnance to the authors
of the Urban Development Strategy; and
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WHEREAS, it is doubtful that the legislature and
the people of California are prepared to substitute planning
dictates for market choices which is the obvious consequence
of a document which proposes to "redirect growth "; and
• WHEREAS, implementation of these policies and recom-
mendations will mean even greater imposition of controls,
governmental regulation and the stifling of free enterprise;
and
WHEREAS, the development process is now too littered
with restrictions, prohibitions, regulations, and a tangle
of bureaucratic red tape imposed in recent years by state
government.on local governments. It is time to clear up those
pathways - or at least stop clogging them further.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach that the State Office of Planning
and Research be encouraged to develop an urban development
strategy that identifies the development needs of our population -
existing and projected - for housing, commerce, industry and
related community facilities, and outlines an orderly and
responsible process for.accommodating growth in those areas
already within the urban development patterns that have been
dictated by climate, geography, economics and plain human choice.
These factors still prevail and always will as long as our
society remains reasonably free.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to send a copy of this resolution to
the Governor of the State of California and to each Assemblyman
and Senator from Orange County.
• ADOPTED this 22nd dam- f August 1977.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OP h" .FGYiT 6EACH 8/22/77
AUG 2 5 1977
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