Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Inter-Regional Partnership Overview

Funded in part by the Inter-Regional Partnership Planning Grant from the Department of Housing and Community Development and created in collaboration with local stakeholders, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) has developed four land use scenarios from which one will be selected to guide development in the Sacramento region through an impending period of extraordinary growth.

The focus of this IRP was a two-year process during which SACOG staff and 5,000 community members - including government officials, developers, environmentalists and business leaders - collaborated to develop the award-winning transportation and land use study now known as the Sacramento Region Blueprint: Transportation/Land Use Study (Blueprint Project).

Using state-of-the-art modeling tools to project transportation, air quality, economic and other impacts of current land use patterns, the Blueprint Project employs new technology to create maps that optimize the region's transportation system and mitigate sprawl, with a particular emphasis on creating a better jobs/housing balance in the region. This project was developed within a framework of public outreach and involvement, and will ultimately provide a vision of how the Sacramento region should grow.

Existing Conditions: Jobs/Housing Balance Problem
By 2050, the Sacramento region will grow by more than 1.7 million people (bringing the total to 3.7 million), 1 million new jobs, and 840,000 new homes. Overall, the region currently averages 1.13 jobs per housing unit, a ratio that ranges from 0.55 in Citrus Heights to 1.85 in Roseville, hitting 5.33 in downtown Sacramento. For more information about the existing jobs/housing imbalance in the Sacramento region, click here.

Solutions/Strategies
To remedy jobs/housing imbalance and growth issues in the Sacramento region, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) embarked on a two-year process to explore growth alternatives. This effort involved SACOG staff and 5,000 community members - including government officials, developers, environmentalists and business leaders - to develop the award-winning transportation and land use study now known as the Sacramento Region Blueprint: Transportation/Land Use Study (Blueprint Project).. To learn more about the strategies developed by this IRP, click here.

GIS
SACOG used a variety of tools in its IRP work, including Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, current travel forecasting tools (the SACMET model and the Yuba-Sutter area model), and PLACE3S, a Web-based planning program that acted as the centerpiece of the Blueprint Project. For more information about SACOG's use of GIS and PLACES3S, click here.

Final Reports
There are no final reports available at this time.

IRP Website
For additional information about this IRP, including all reports, meeting information and members, please visit the Blueprint Project website.

Maps

	Interactive Maps (Each map service opens in a new window)
	IRP Base Map	This service also serves as a base map for the six county Sacramento Area Council of Governments Inter-Regional Partnership which includes El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
	Land Use	This map service illustrates land uses within the region. The planned land use coverage represents the base case development scenario for the region. The preferred land use coverage is the development scenario identified by the Blueprint process as the preferred way to accomodate future growth in the region.