Critics say the system is a culprit for the high cost of land and housing, while proponents say it makes cities more livable and protects natural open spaces and farmland.

According to a 2023 public opinion survey, of the most important services provided by the county, open space preservation was number two, right behind emergency services and the 911 system.

Skyline Mobile Home Park in Torrance has moved one step closer to finalizing a $2 million project to install more than 700 solar panels just south of the park, after the City Council OK’d a land-use ...

Nine years ago, state lawmakers set up a test. The question was whether giving slack for rules around a pillar of Oregon’s land use system — the urban growth boundary — could provide a new ...

The goal of preserving open space in the county is so engrained in the psyche of the government that it has its own department, offices and staff, and the backing of its residents and taxpayers.