SACOG Regional Build-Out Analysis
Sacramento, CA · 2022
Client: Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
Location: Sacramento, CA
Year: 2021–2022
CP Role: Lead consultant
Practice Area: Urban Analytics + Scenario Planning
Team: Alex Steinberger, Principal-in-Charge; Sachi Arakawa, Project Manager; Jamin Kimmell, Land Use and Zoning Lead; Paul Runge, Lead Analyst; Rachel Cotton, Analyst
The Challenge
The Sacramento Area Council of Governments needed a first-of-its-kind analysis of development capacity across its six-county, 28-jurisdiction region to shape the land use and transportation scenarios for its 2025 Metropolitan Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy.
Our Approach
We cataloged dozens of general and specific plans across the region and built a database of land use and zoning regulations to map housing capacity in every jurisdiction. We then built a regional economic model to show where the market is likely to make development feasible, not only where zoning allows it. Our analysts also flagged where general plan designations and zoned residential capacity disagree.
Outcome
The analysis informed the land use and transportation scenarios in the 2025 plan and SACOG's regional policy work on new state housing laws, including California Senate Bills (SB) 9 and 10.
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