Data Infrastructure for Local Planning

Land-use impacts health. Control is local. In California, a planning document, called a “general plan” sets forth zoning and policy goals for each city and county. Communities collaboratively create such plans through many years of public meetings. The resulting general plan determines where and how much development will occur as well as what type of development (eg. single family homes, mixed-use commercial).  The CRC's data and research into local planning aims to help communities make informed decisions about how they plan for the future so that you can better help shape your local plan! 

Use our landmark database of general plans (plansearch.caes.ucdavis.edu)– enabling citizen scientists to comprehensively assess plan contents. Search across 484 (of 485) California city-level and all 58 county-level general plans. We designed this tool with input from with California state agencies (the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Housing and Community Development and Air Resources Board) and non-profits (California Environmental Justice Alliance and Communities for a Better Environment).