L.A. County could have 1.7 million fewer people by 2060. It’s not only because residents are leaving
LA TimesPeople flocked to Santa Monica beach Saturday with high temperatures inland. “We don’t expect the population to age as quickly,” Gallardo said of the comparatively young residents of the Central Valley, noting that young people have more children and are less likely to die. “The L.A. Basin is getting to critical mass” of people, Ajise said, noting that it is near its “carrying capacity” and will have trouble adding the housing required for its population. In contrast, the Central Valley, like Southern California’s Inland Empire, “still has room to grow.” However, building housing in farming areas like the valley involves trade-offs. There could be “general benefits to the city in having less strain on the infrastructure,” he said, and fewer people would mean less competition for housing.
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