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Closing the GMA Sprawl Loophole

2022

For more than a decade, developers had taken advantage of a loophole in land use planning that fostered sprawl. Over time, local governments were on the hook to pay for services to support these developments such as water, sewer, garbage, emergency services. Other costs from the loophole include permanent loss of habitat, traffic congestion, and more. The 2022 legislature finally closed this costly and harmful loophole and restored the integrity of our state Growth Management law.

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We are honored to live and work on the traditional and ancestral lands of the Nations whose current lands we call Washington. We recognize that borders are artificial—many tribal nations from the North, the South, and the East of present-day Washington also have historical and current ties to these lands.

We express our gratitude as guests and thank the original and current stewards of this land. What we experience today is a product of these nations’ ancestors’ ability to be in relationship with the natural world. We would not be here without their guardianship and connection to the earth.

We also acknowledge Black and African labor on which this country built its prosperity—we honor you.

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