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Growth Measure Would Kill Jobs, USC Says

PHOENIX-Controversial plan would eliminate 235,000 current jobs and prevent creation of 1 million more if passed by voters in November, study finds.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on August 30, 2000

PHOENIX-As many as 235,000 jobs could be lost if an initiative that’s on the November ballot passes and ceases all development activity, according to a study by the University of Southern California.

The measure, Proposition 202, could also prevent another 1 million jobs from being created in the future, the USC study says.

“There are very few winners,” says Peter Gordon, a University of Southern California economist and planner who led the research project. “The purported benefits of Prop. 202 we keep hearing about, such as less traffic, better air and more equity, aren’t there.”

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