SUNDAY JOURNAL: SLOW GROWTH

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Event Date(s): 12/27/1987 | Event Location(s): Costa Mesa;San Francisco;Phoenix;San Diego;Los Angeles;Orange County;California;Arizona | Description: SUNDAY JOURNAL: SLOW GROWTH IN COSTA MESA LARGE HOLE WHERE PROPOSED SHOPPING MALL& OFFICE BUILDING SEEN ALONG HIGHWAY. IN SAN FRANCISCO ROW HOUSING& CITY SKYLINE SEEN. IN PHOENIX AERIALS OF MANMADE LAKE COMMUNITY& SKYLINE WITH CACTI IN FOREGROUND SEEN. IN LOS ANGELES EXTERIORS OF STORES IN VARIOUS SMALL SHOPPING MALLS SEEN. US FLAG FLIES ATOP SKYSCRAPER AMIDST SKYLINE WITH MANY BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN INTERVIEW PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONSULTANT KAUFMAN SAYS THE SLOW GROWTH MOVEMENT IS SIGNIFICANT POLITICALLY IN CALIFORNIA& NATIONWIDE. JOGGERS& STROLLERS ALONG BOARDWALK; WATER SKIER; PEOPLE ON BEACH; WIND SURFER; MAN JOGGING ON MARINA DOCK; COUPLE FISHING IN RAFT NEAR BREAKWALL; PEDESTRIANS ON CROWDED SIDEWALK; DANGER-CONTAMINATED KEEP OUT SIGN; SEWAGE POURING FROM DRAINAGE PIPE; STUDENTS& TEACHER IN CROWDED CLASSROOM; BULLDOZERS PUSHING GARBAGE IN LANDFILL; AERIAL OF SMOG-SHROUDED CITY;& AERIAL OF CROWDED CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY SEEN. CARS MOVE ON HIGHWAY. IN SAN DIEGO OLIVER REPORTS FROM CAR IN TRAFFIC. CARS IN TRAFFIC; STOPPED IN TRAFFIC JAM;& MAN IN TRAFFIC JAM SAYS IN INTERVIEW THERE IS A NEED FOR TRAFFIC PLANNING. IN ORANGE COUNTY HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION; CARPENTERS HAMMERING BEAMS;& SOLD SIGN ON HOUSE FRAME SEEN. TRAFFIC JAM AT SUNSET SEEN. TRAFFIC LIGHT SEEN. ON DAIS AT MEETING SLOW GROWTH ADVOCATE GREGORY HILE SAYS THERE IS A NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN ORANGE COUNTY. PEOPLE ON DAIS& DINERS AT TABLES LISTENING SEEN. LAND USE ATTY JOHN SIMON ON DAIS SAYS THIS INITIATIVE OF 35 MPH IN RUSH HOUR IS UTOPIAN. ADDRESSING MEETING ORANGE COUNTY OFFICIAL ERNIE SCHNEIDER SAYS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WILL BE A NIGHTMARE. COUPLE RIDE BICYCLES PAST ROWHOUSES ALONG SAN DIEGO BEACH. SAN DIEGO ADVERTISING CLIP SHOWS CAR TRUNK CLOSING; PLANE LANDING; COUPLE IN SURF; SPANISH MISSION;& SAN DIEGO PROMOTIONAL LOGOS. WOMAN SIGNS PETITION IN PARKING LOT AS MAN REPRESENTING THE SUPPORT SAN DIEGOS QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE LOOKS ON. CLOSEUP OF HER SIGNING PETITION SEEN. MANTELLS HER IT WILL CLEAN UP TRAFFIC& SMOG PROBLEMS. WOMAN SIGNS PETITION AT BUILDING ENTRANCE. SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS SEEN IN SESSION. AUDIENCE SEEN. IN INTERVIEW SAN DIEGO MAYOR MAUREEN OCONNOR SAYS SHE IS NOT GOING TO DESTROY THE QUALITY OF LIFE. MILITANT SLOW GROWTH PROPONENT LINDA MARTIN (PH) OVERLOOKS HOUSING FROM HILL& IN INTERVIEW SAYS MUCH OF THIS IS DUE TO DEVELOPERS& BUSINESS INTERESTS. SHE SAYS THIS TYPE OF GROWTH IS STRESSFUL. CROWDED HOUSES SEEN. LABORER WITH CIRCULAR SAW; MASONS SETTING FOUNDATIONS; CARPENTERS HAMMERING BEAMS; MEN DRIVING FORKLIFTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITE SEEN. IN INTERVIEW SAN DIEGO BUILDERS ASSOCIATIONS MIKE REYNOLDS SAYS PEOPLE LIVING IN APARTMENTS& CONDOMINIUMS& OVERCROWDING IS NOT A GOOD QUALITY LIFE. SAILBOAT IN HARBOR; MAN CASTING FISHING LINE FROM DOCK; ROOFS OF HOUSES; EARTHMOVERS; OVERHEAD SHOT OF HIGHWAY AT NIGHT;& BOARDWALK STROLLERS AT DUSK SEEN. 87M1569 M-II CS TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH& VERIFY ALL IDS; DATES;& EXACT LOCATIONS Producers: NBC