Land Use Misconception #1: Regional Differences

As someone who used to work at 1000 Friends of Oregon, one of the more frustrating experiences is having people repeat things about our land use system that simply aren't accurate.

A widely-spread misconception repeated in today's Oregonian is that somehow our statewide land use system, which has state standards that guide local plans, is "one size fits all."

Our laws have different requirements for different types of farmland and forestland, different requirements for lands in the Willamette Valley and outside of it, different requirements for different size cities, and so forth. Five our 19 land use goals only apply to certain areas of the state.

Read this full fact sheet explaining how regional differences are taken into account in our land use system.