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I live in a rural community that has been assaulted in the last
several years by commuter based development. We are about 40 miles
from down town Sacramento in Amador County and the traditional
scheme of development which balances how far people are willing to
drive v. how much people are willing to pay has driven a great deal
of growth up here. 
Senate Bill 375 will have no affect on our planning and all
enforcement on real estate development up here has to come from AB
32. 
Currently a Bay Area Development firm owns nearly 20,000 acres of
land in two separate locations in our community. They have already
built one golf course community which is now riddled with
foreclosures and plan to build another. They have not stated what
they are going to do with the other 15,000 they own that borders
Sacramento County, but I have a pretty good idea: subdivisions for
commuters who will drive 80 miles round trip every day. 
     PLEASE WHEN CONSIDERING YOUR REGULATIONS REGARDING LAND USE,
THINK OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES WHO NEED YOUR PROTECTION.  WIthout
more stringent enforcement of Greenhouse gas emissions standards,
as housing prices fall, and since gas prices have dropped, there
will be more and more urban sprawl, more driving, and more green
house gases. 
Thanks for your time and attention.
-Ethan