The Compass Blueprint 2% Strategy is a guideline for how and where we can implement the Growth Vision for Southern California's future. It calls for modest changes to current land use and transportation trends on only 2% of the land area of the region - the 2% Strategy Opportunity Areas. Investing our planning efforts and resources according to the 2% Strategy will yield the greatest progress toward improving measures of mobility, livability, prosperity and sustainability for local neighborhoods and their residents.
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The 2% Strategy proposes increasing the region's mobility by:
- Encouraging transportation investments and land use decisions that are mutually supportive
- Locating new housing near existing jobs and new jobs near existing housing
- Encouraging transit-oriented development
- Promoting a variety of travel choices
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The livability of our communities can be enhanced by:
- Promoting in-fill development and redevelopment to revitalize existing communities
- Promoting developments which provide a mix of uses
- Promoting "people-scaled," walkable communities
- Supporting the preservation of stable neighborhoods
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Our prosperity will be enabled by:
- Providing a variety of housing types in each community to meet the housing needs of all income levels
- Supporting educational opportunities that promote balanced growth
- Ensuring environmental justice regardless of race, ethnicity or income class
- Supporting local and state fiscal policies that encourage balanced growth
- Encouraging civic engagement
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We can promote sustainability for future generations by:
- Developing strategies to accommodate growth that use resources efficiently, and minimize pollution and greenhouse gas emissions
- Preserving rural, agricultural, recreational and environmentally sensitive areas
- Focusing development in urban centers and existing cities
- Using "green" development techniques
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For more detail on the 2% Strategy, click through to the Principles page
