California's Growth Concentrated in Large Metropolitan Regions.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1999-- Most of California's future population and income growth will occur in the state's existing large regions according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. new 2010 projections released by the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy (CCSCE CCSCE Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy ). "Riverside and San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. counties alone will add more households in the next ten years than all of California's major agricultural counties combined," according to CCSCE's Director, Stephen Levy. More than 80% of California's growth will occur in counties within the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Sacramento regions. In 2010 the state's ten largest concentrations of households, income and spending and the state's ten wealthiest counties will all still be in these existing large urban regions. "The quality of life for most Californians will be determined by how these large regions handle the growth pressures," Levy continued. "This is where new jobs are going and where people want to live." Most of the state's fastest growing counties like El Dorado, Placer, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino and Solano are near existing job concentrations. The greatest growth pressures will occur near the fringes of the Los Angeles, Bay Area, San Diego and Sacramento regions according to CCSCE's projections. "The major threat to agricultural lands and unique state natural resources will be if the major urban regions fail to provide adequate and affordable housing," Levy said. More detailed tables can be found at the press release section of CCSCE's website, www.ccsce.com. The tables are based on CCSCE's publication "California County Projections -- 1999 Edition." The Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy (CCSCE) was founded in 1969 as an independent, private economic research organization specializing in the analysis and the study of California. CCSCE focuses on long-term economic and demographic trends in the State and its major economic regions. |
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