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SACOG presents 2025 Regional Blueprint; forecast shows continued regional growth, asks cities to align local plans
Summary
The Sacramento Area Council of Governments outlined a 20-year regional transportation and land use plan, forecasting about 600,000 new regional residents and urging local jurisdictions, including Placerville, to link local plans to the blueprint to increase chances of state and federal grant funding.
Clint Holtsen, planning and programming manager at the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), presented the draft 2025 Regional Blueprint and asked the Placerville City Council to review the plan and submit comments during the public comment period.
Holtsen said the blueprint is the result of nearly three years of work and extended outreach. “We’re approaching, the conclusion of nearly 3 years of of work on this regional regional transportation and land use plan,” he said, noting SACOG hit “over 6,000 residents across the region” during outreach.
The plan pairs transportation and land-use strategies and uses a triple-bottom-line policy framework emphasizing equity, the environment and economic development. Holtsen described the technical constraints the plan uses — funding limits and growth forecasts — and said the region can expect around 600,000 additional residents over the next 20 years. He noted the…
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