Sam Farr: “California is a testing area for the globe, not only for our Nation. It is a State that has learned that you cannot take…”

“California is a testing area for the globe, not only for our Nation. It is a State that has learned that you cannot take care of the people unless you take care of the land. And we have developed in California a very extensive way of addressing the impacts of people in the land through zoning process and master planning that cities and counties must do. General plans that are in great detail. And what has this evolved into. It has evolved into the most successful economic State in the United States. An economy that ranks 7th in the world in gross national product. What it tells my colleagues is that there is indeed a correlation between the economy and the environment.”