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</head> <body> california city newspaper, california city, cal city, city of california city, antelope valley press, los angeles times, bakersfield californian, los angeles daily news, mojave desert news, the press enterprise, el chicano, rosamond news, san bernardino county sun, inland empire community newspapers, apple valley sun, mohave valley daily news, santa clarita - the signal, california city news <center> <p><b><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Antelope Valley called the 'last valley' with room to grow</font></font></b> <br><b><blink><font color="#000000"><font size=+2>AND</font></font></blink></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+2>California City is at the affordable end of the Antelope Valley.</font></font></b></center> <p>             Report: L.A. sprawl hits wall; <br>                    Valley still looks to good future <p>                    This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press March 8, 2001. <p>                    By LISA WAHLA <br>                    Valley Press Staff Writer <p>                    LOS ANGELES - Don't let the shopping malls, cookie-cutter housing tracts and "big box" retail outlets fool you - suburbia L.A.-style is dead. <p>                    A new report on urban sprawl finds that Los Angeles, which for 120 years has modeled suburbanization for the nation, has reached its limit. "The suburban era for metro L.A. is not only over; it's been over for 20 years," said researcher William Fulton, one of the primary authors of "Sprawl Hits the Wall: Confronting the Realities of Metropolitan Los Angeles." <p>                    The Antelope Valley is the "the last valley" in Los Angeles County, and one of the last areas in the five-county area with room to grow, considering environmental restrictions in other counties. "It's not too late for the Antelope Valley," said Michael Dear, director of the Southern California Studies Center. "You're going to get growth - the question is how are you going to manage it? There is a way to do growth in constructive, hopeful ways, not destructive ways." The report was presented Wednesday by the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, and the Southern California Studies Center at the University of Southern California. <p>                    Researchers gave a bleak picture of those realities - crumbling infrastructure, desperate shortages in affordable housing, a serious jobs-to-housing imbalance and the worst traffic in America. The L.A. metropolitan area, which in this report includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, will add 6 million people over the next 20 years. <p>L.A. is on pace to surpass New York as the nation's largest metropolitan area. But its traditional growth pattern - over the hill and into the next valley - is obsolete, researchers say. Strategies suggested by the researchers include considering the environment, closing the gap between rich and poor and overhauling a current economic system that discourages construction of needed housing. Most of all, researchers say, civic leaders must come together to find regional solutions to pervasive urban problems. For the first time in its history, L.A.'s growth is coming primarily from within, rather than through migration or immigration. In other words, the birthrate is far exceeding the death rate. While the explosive growth locally has grabbed headlines, researchers emphasized that older urban areas - long considered built out - have experienced an equal amount of growth. "In the last 20 years, 40% of the region's population growth - more than 2 million people - has occurred in older parts of the region that have virtually no `raw' land," the report said. <p>            <b>By contrast, the Antelope Valley has land and opportunity for quality growth and infrastructure development.</b> However, the Valley's revenue base is low compared to many other areas, and it takes a lot of money to build infrastructure. Because few multifamily housing units are being constructed, this increased density in poor areas has meant more doubling and tripling in single-family homes. Recently constructed homes are mostly single-family dwellings, built either in affluent foothills or coastal areas or in outlying areas, far from job centers. "We're building the wrong type of housing in the wrong location at the wrong price for the type of growth we're experiencing," researcher Jennifer Wolch said. At this point, the Antelope Valley offers homes in the $150,000 range that would sell for a quarter-million dollars or more "down below" in the San Fernando Valley and elsewhere. The housing shortage is exacerbated by the state's economic system that encourages shopping centers and auto malls and effectively discourages new housing. The system rewards cities with sales tax dollars for commercial development, while needed multifamily units that would further drain limited fiscal resources go unbuilt. "Many jurisdictions like the Antelope Valley have not enough resources to address the kinds of infrastructure needs that exist," Wolch said. "The rules of the game in terms of state and local financing need to change." <p>                    Overall, the L.A. region has recovered from the recession of the last decade, becoming a "center of the high-paying `New Economy,' " with jobs in the high-tech and entertainment fields dominating the growth. But the desirable jobs are developing disproportionately in affluent foothill suburbs, such as Santa Clarita and Thousand Oaks. Low-skill, low-wage jobs are prevalent in distressed areas, deepening the divide between rich and poor. Of course, improving the job-to-housing balance has been a top priority for Antelope Valley leaders for years. Fulton suggested that the real problem isn't the scarcity of jobs in the Antelope Valley - the issue is the lack of affordable housing in the L.A. basin. The challenge for Antelope Valley planners is to look beyond the local need for jobs, he said. Local leaders must come together with their counterparts around the region to develop long-term solutions. "It's one thing to be on the Palmdale City Council and say we want jobs. It's another thing to be in on regional conversations about improving the job-to-housing balance throughout the region." <p><b><font color="#FF0000">California City Newspapers:</font></b> <p><b><font color="#FF0000">Los Angeles Times</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/virginmary.html">Blessed Virgin Mary Sightings in Mojave Desert</a></font></b> <p><b><font color="#FF0000">Mojave Desert News</font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.desertnews.com">Homepage</a></font></b> <p><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/solar_energy.html">$128 million solar plant planned for Boron</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/schools_up_date.html">Vote for future of new Cal City High School and elementary school</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/adams_quiggle.html">Cal City EDC "Silent Seven"Former Mayor Larry Adams and Jim Quiggle exchange gavel.</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/special_awards.html">California City EDC Business of the Year</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/freedom_flight.html">"Freedom's Flight"</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.ilovecaliforniacity.com">California City's first gated community "The Legends"</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/university.html">East Kern University</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/ccpc.html">California City Planning Commission updates</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.highdesertlegends.com">The High Desert Legends update</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/history_1965_1975.html">California City History 1965 to 1975</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/desert_tortoise_days.html">Desert Tortoise Days April 30th & May 1st, 2005</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/booming.html">Building Booming in California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/sixth_fastest.html">California City sixth fastest growing city in California</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/building_permits.html">Building permits continue to climb September 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/pageant_2004.html">Miss California City Pageant 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/jack_kitty.html">Jack Stewart honored at retirement party September 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/city_future.html">Cal City Planners chart city's future Aug 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/jack_stewart_cm.html">Jack Stewart, California City Manager recalls years of service Aug 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/190.html">Planners okay North Loop Estates a 190-home development in California City</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/space_flight.html">Mojave Airport gears up for historic space flight of SpaceShipOne on June 21, 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/rda_developments.html">RDA Developments on Agenda April 20, 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/schools_up_date.html">High School up-date 3/2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/schools_up_date.html">Small Business Lending Fair Planned for California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/first_flight.html">GlobalFlyer's First Flight - Steve Fossett</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/lending_fair.html">Small Business Lending Fair Palnned at Cal City Airport</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/home_grant.html">California City offers help to new home buyers</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/schools_on_track.html">New High School and Elementary Schools on track in California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/exit-172.html">New Businesses planned for Exit 172 between Mojave and California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/parcel_map.html">City OK's parcel map split of Industrial/Commercial parcel on California City Blvd.</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/ekadr.html">East Kern Airport District Report - Feb 3, 2004</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/silent_7.html">Cal City Silent Seven, Business of Year 2005 named</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/steve_fossett.html">Global Flyer - Steve Fossett</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/car_news_release.html"><font color="#FF0000">California Association of Realtors </font>reports median price sets new record with 20 percent gain in third quarter, sales post 17.3 percent increase</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/mojave_airport_ftz.html">Mojave Airport receives Foreign Trade Zone Status</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/spaceport_approval.html">FAA Closer to making decision on Spaceport approval for Mojave Airport</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/stewart.html">California City manager Jack Stewart to receive Kern COG leadership award</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/global_flyer.html">Global Flyer - Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/mixed_use.html">The Lofts - California City Studios</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/main_street.html">Main Street Program - Mojave California</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/April7.html">April 7, 2001 news release</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/Feb24.html">New Developments in California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/hyundai.html">Hyundai Ground Breaking Ceremony</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/schools.html">California City High School and Elementary School</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/hospital.html">New Hospital in the works for Cal City, Mojave and Tehachapi</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/hotel.html">Building permits up significantly in California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/edc-news.html">California City EDC News</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/RDA-news.html">California City RDA News</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/washington.html">City Manager takes Cal City's story to Washington D.C.</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/ace_hardware.html">California City Ace Hardware will have a new home by November 2003</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/industcc.html">California City Airport Foreign Trade Zone</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/cocc-news.html">City of California City News Release June 2003</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/building-homes.html">New Homes being built in California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/xcor.html">XCOR Aerospace EZ-Rocket at Mojave Airport</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/grants.html">California State Grants</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/SpaceShipOne.html">SpaceShipOne Mojave Airport</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/911.html">California City to hold 911 Ceremony</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/spaceport.html">Space Port at Mojave Airport</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/20mt.html">Plans to pave 20 Mule Team Parkway to Highway 395 progressing</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/hyundai_track.html">Hyundai Track Update</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/cc-airport.html">California City Airport installs new Automated Weather Observation System</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/airambulance.html">Air Ambulance</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/darpa.html">Scaled Composites of Mojave Airport is a partner in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/highway58.html">Highway 58 Opening</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/highway58-1.html">Highway 58 - Cal Trans Investigation</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/mini-storage.html">U-Store City self storage units expands facility September 2003</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/kern-construction.html">California City helps fuel Kern construction surge October 2003</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/golfcourse-community.html">California City's Golf Course Community to begin construction Spring 2004.</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/shoppingcenter.html">High Desert Pavilion Shopping Center in California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/high-school.html">New High School Construction for California City High School construction to begin Spring 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/water-system.html">Water system upgrade for California City</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/hyundai-3.html">Hyundai project to begin - August 1, 2004 target completion date</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/air-ambulance-ud.html">Air Ambulance Update</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/max.html">California City to exert "max" planning effort</a></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/high-school-update.html">UPDATE- New High School Construction for California City High School - Escrow Opened</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/grants-airport.html">Grants for Mojave Airport and California City Airport</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/tehachapi-healthdistrict.html">Skilled Nursing Facility Suggested</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/new-hotel.html">New Developer to begin hotel in Spring 2004</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/walmart.html">Edc begins campaign to lure WalMart</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/space-rides.html">Space Rides from Mojave Airport</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/city-bonds.html">City Bonds sellout first Day</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/sekbor-2004.html">Realtors hear bright California City, East Kern outlook</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/ohv.html">OHV flock to California City's High Desert for a weekend of fun on Thanksgiving weekend</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/popularscience.html">Popular Science magazine honors Mojave Airport second year in a row in its space and aviation category</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/special_tax.html">Special Tax Committee formed, volunteers needed</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/space_ship_1.html">Space Ship One maiden flight from Mojave Airport</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/borax_expansion.html">Planners approve 40 year expansion of Borax Plant in Boron California</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/ccedc_2004.html">California City officials report good news for 2004</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/borax.html">Boron plans for growth in 2004</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/general_pearson.html">General Pearson - Air Force Flight Center</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/film.html">Hollywood or Mojavewood?</a></b> <p><b><font color="#FF0000">Antelope Valley Press News Articles</font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/wind_power.html">Mojave and Tehachapi to expand Wind Power</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/off_roaders.html">California City welcomes off-road bikers</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/antelope_valley_housing1.html">AV Home prices up by</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/LAX.html">LAX in Palmdale California</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/spaceport-1.html">Mojave Airport Spaceport Hearings</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/bill_thomas.html">Congressman Bill Thomas visits Edwards AFB</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/ohv-A.html">Off-road enthusiasts and campers flocking to California City's High Desert</a></font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.califcity.com/exit-172A.html">Mojave California - Annexation of 175 East of Mojave at Exit 172</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/airport_grants.html">Big Year for Cal City Airport</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/glider.html">Glider Record - Steve Fossett</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/xcor-aerospace.html">XCOR AEROSPACE</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.rosamondproperties.com/rp-newsrelease.html">Rosamond Properties News Release</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/wrightway.html">The Wright Way</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/air-ambulance.html">Air Ambulance California City</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/palmdale-airport.html">Palmdale Airport</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/governor.html">California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been invited to tour Edwards AFB</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.rosamondproperties.com/antelope_valley_housing.html">Antelope Valley Home Prices up 40%</a></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/grand_jury.html">California City Grand Jury Report 2003-2004</a></b> <p><b><font color="#FF0000">California City News Articles from the Bakersfield Californian</font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/dwb_search/index.html?target=California+City&collection=Archive">CLICK HERE</a></font></b> <br><b><a href="http://www.califcity.com/faa_license.html">Mojave Airport - 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