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| mitigate the impacts of development once bore by taxpayers |
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| overall blueprint for the physical development of an area |
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| divide areas into districts to regulate the type and density of a development |
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| dictate how a parcel of land can by divided into smaller lots including minimum lot size, street standards and other public improvements required by developers |
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| regulate the physical components of construction |
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| planned unit developments |
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| integrate tools for housing developments or more complex projects |
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locally undesirable land uses
ie land fills drug abuse centers |
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not in my back yard
includes circulating anti-development petitions, packing public hearings with projects opponents, placing initiatives on the ballot and filling lawsuits |
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| rights to water that you live adjacent to or on top of |
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| water that is yours if you were the one to first find or create a source of water |
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| using someone elses water with their knowledge |
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| water policy should include |
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1) employing urban water deficiencies
2) greater use of recycling
3) groundwater banking
4) taking climate change into account |
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| as people on the upper rings of economic ladder move up to better homes the ones they vacate will be available to those on the lower rungs |
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| CA transportation policies |
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| tend to favor and accomodate automobiles |
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| issue regulations, set standards, and order offenders to comply with pollution laws |
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government sets pollution caps and issues credits to polluting businesses
these credits can be traded between the businesses |
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