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With the stench of Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal still wafting about, the San Francisco “Chronicle” notes that Arnold will soon announced a comprehensive strategy of housing, urban development, and transportation planning called“Go California”.

This could be the most laughable attempt at public policy ever seen in the history of mankind. I say this because nearly all the problems seen by the state were caused by overzealous developers extending the suburbs beyond the limit of viable infrastructure. Most middle class whites were race-baited into moving farther out from the city center largely because of busing in school districts like LAUSD. And there’s no shortage of eager developers ready to build houses from Los Angeles to Phoenix or San Francisco to Reno if given the opportunity. It is true that transportation funding is low, but that is because in 2001 President George W. Bush cut the National Highway Transportation Fund to pay for Homeland Security outlays. California has been trying to catch its breath ever since. Notice Arnold has done nothing to convince the Feds to reimburse the state, as he promised when he was elected. But seriously, Schwarzenegger shot himself in the foot by repealing an increase in the crucial vehicle licensing registration fee. So what does Go California really sound like? More traffic, more sprawl, less public transportation, less accountability. But hey at least it won’t cost more in taxes.

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