Product Description: Elisa Barbour's Metropolitan Growth Planning in California, 1900-2000 traces the history of regional planning and growth management in California. Focusing on transportation, land use, and environmental planning, Barbour divides the state's reform efforts into three distinct waves: the consolidation of planning activities under central city governments; the fragmentation of those activities during post-World War II suburbanization; and recent attempts to reintegrate them without changing the fundamental structures of political authority...read more

Product Description: In California, local sales tax revenues accrue to the jurisdiction in which the sale occurs. This gives cities an incentive to promote the location of retail businesses within their boundaries. Although sales taxes account for only a modest portion of total city revenues, cities regard them highly because they represent a major share of their discretionary income...read more