CALIFORNIANS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT STATE'S FUTURE

Californians are pessimistic about the state's outlook, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) recently reported. Residents are still deeply concerned about the effects of future growth on the quality of life in the Golden State, according to the report. Distrustful of state and local government, they seek a greater role at the ballot box and through other forms of civic participation in planning for California's future.

Between now and 2025, the state's population is expected to grow from 35 million to between 43 and 48 million, according to the report. Fifty-nine percent say that California's projected population growth will be a bad thing for them and their families, and only 14 percent think it will be a good thing. Pluralities across all political and demographic groups see this growth as a negative.

Residents' expectations about future quality of life in their regions are also decidedly gloomy, according to the report. Nearly half think their part of the state will be a worse place to live in 2025 than it is today, and only 18 percent say it will be a better place. Central Valley residents are the most pessimistic and residents of the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino counties) the most optimistic about the future of their regions.

From September 1, 2004 C.A.R. Newsline

Reprinted with permission of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

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