Compass Southern California

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The Southern California Compass Citizens' Advisory Committee (CAC) is comprised of respected leaders from throughout the SCAG six-county region. The CAC provides a strong link between the general public and SCAG that serves to underscore the importance of the Compass effort and encourage greater public participation. The Compass project includes a technical analysis of growth options, but also includes a more human evaluation. The goal is to examine ways that the current growth trends in the Region can be directed to a sustainable, livable future. The steps of the Compass project are:

Analysis and Modeling - The analysis will examine the essential elements for a successful project: land use, growth and redevelopment capacity, economic conditions and forces, environmental resources and public opinions and values.

Visioning and Workshops - A cornerstone of the Compass project will be a series of visioning workshops for a broad group of stakeholders. The workshops are both a source of innovative ideas, and they reveal where a community has reached consensus on certain issues. Currently, Compass Southern California is in this stage.

Testing and Evaluation - The workshops will provide Compass with a large number of citizen-derived ideals for the region that will form the basis of a series of alternative growth options.

Communication with Community Leaders and the Public - Compass will communicate through a variety of forms to encourage public interaction and involvement throughout the project.

Selecting a Strategy and Vision - Following the completion of visioning, evaluation, and testing of ideas in detailed workshops, Compass will return to selecting a preferred path. An additional workshop event will be used in order to reevaluate and weigh the results of the public input, and develop a consensus strategy for Southern California.

Implementation Strategy - While it cannot be predicted what will be the right solution for this project, it will likely include a host of techniques. While implementation may be through changes in regional plans and recommendations for changes in planning and development laws, changes are also likely to include voluntary actions, education, investment strategies, and local support.

For more information, contact Mark Butala, Project Manager at (800) 337-4819 or info@socalcompass.org 

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