REPORT PREDICTS SURGE IN POPULATION; 12 MILLION EXPECTED IN L.A. COUNTY.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer 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. County's population will reach nearly 12 million by 2020, even though a lack of housing will slow the pace of growth by half, a report released today predicts. The report from the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , Anderson School of Management Anderson School of Management may refer to:
adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. city. And yet, the report also warned that the lack of housing could hurt the economy. ``If we don't do something about the housing situation, people won't come,'' said Tom K. Lieser, author of the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Anderson Forecast. Even with the slower pace of growth, the county's population will top 10 million by 2010 and hit 11.9 million by 2020, the report says. The slow pace of construction is not just due to a lack of undeveloped land. Lieser said it is also fueled by the resistance of existing homeowners to new development, as demonstrated by the slow-growth movement in Ventura County. Dependent on already clogged highways for commuting, and worried about increasing population density, many residents see new home construction as a threat. ``Those are areas where the quality of life is already questionable, and people will fight to keep it from deteriorating further,'' Lieser said. The lack of new homes already has provoked worry at the Economic Development Corporation of Los Angeles, which is planning an October seminar on housing availability. ``We're running out of land,'' said Jack Kyser, the corporation's chief economist The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis. It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the . He said new home construction this year is lagging about 6 percent behind last year despite a booming real estate market. ``It could definitely cramp the economy,'' he said. ``In the late '80s when home prices were going up, you'd run into a lot of firms that would say: We'd love to be in Los Angeles, but we can't even afford to move a few executives there.'' The UCLA report depicts a state growing at a dizzying clip. California's population could swell from an estimated 33.7 million now to 49.4 million in 2020. The number of projected new residents, the report notes, is the same as California's entire population in 1960. The most frenzied growth will likely happen in the Central Valley and in counties near the built-out San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay . Spurred by the strength of their high-tech industries, Riverside, 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. and San Diego counties also will grow quickly, the report predicts. Los Angeles County, in contrast, will have one of the lowest growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. , due largely to the lack of new housing. The growth projections nearly match those issued by the Southern California Association of Governments, which recently projected that Los Angeles County's population would reach about 12.2 million by 2020. Bruce DeVine, chief economist with SCAG scag - To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage. Compare scrog, roach. , said the region can accommodate the additional residents. But to do so, it might have to consider higher density development. ``We're built out in a western California sense, but we're certainly not built out in an Asian sense,'' he said. ``We don't have many high-rises.'' GROWTH PROJECTIONS L.A. County: 2000 - 9.73 million 2010 - 10.85 million 2020 - 11.91 million California: 2000 - 35.08 million 2010 - 42.19 million 2020 - 49.41 million SOURCE: UCLA Anderson Forecast CAPTION(S): Box BOX: Growth Projections (see text) |
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