EHL is participating in an advisory group convened by the Schwarzenegger Administration on planning issues. The stakes and the potential are enormous.


 
California lags far behind many other states in managing growth, continuing to subdivide its precious natural resources into wasteful estate lots and into dispersed housing tracts. Initially focused on the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, the advisory group enlarged its scope to address the entire spectrum of dysfunctional planning that besets the state. EHL serves on the advisory group, and has chaired a working group on resource protection and orderly development.
 
Common ground with the building industry, local government, agricultural, and other interests has been identified. The Legislature and the Governor owe it to the people of California to overcome partisan politics and work together on this overarching priority.