LandWatch State of Monterey County Report 1998
1.3 Executive Summary: Areas of Future Study

LandWatch encourages further examination of the costs and benefits of growth, considering tax revenues, public services, housing needs, environmental constraints, infrastructure demands, and other planning issues. Areas for future study include:

• Balance between jobs, housing construction, residential zoning, and affordable housing.
  
  
• Availability of land within urban areas for in-fill and redevelopment.
  
  
• Relationship between zoning, property taxes, and the demand for public services.
  
  
• Relationship between tax revenues and planning and community development.
  
  
• Distribution of tax revenues among local jurisdictions.
  
  
• Per capita water consumption.
  
  
• Pollutants in rivers and Monterey Bay.
  
  
• Data on affordable housing needs (e.g., quantity and type of houses needed).
  
  
• Acreage of wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas.
  
  
• Distribution of rare, threatened, and endangered species.

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