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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project Focusing new growth and development in areas well served by transit, Promoting a better fit between jobs and housing, Redirecting future housing growth toward more compact unit types, and Promoting a mix of uses and neighborhood design that enables more walk and bike trips. The 2018 RTP/SCS is based on a preferred land use and transportation scenario which defines a pattern of future growth and transportation system investment for the region emphasizing a transit-oriented development and compact infill approach to land use and housing. Population and job growth are allocated principally within existing urban areas near public transit. Allocation of future growth directly addresses jobs-housing balance issues.The preferred scenario consists of an intensified land use distribution approach that concentrates the forecasted population and employment growth in existing urban areas.This focus intends to minimize impacts on rural areas which contain the majority of agricultural land throughout the County.The transportation network includes additional highway, local street, active transportation, and transit investments to serve a more concentrated urban growth pattern. The preferred scenario also shifts investment towards bicycle and pedestrian improvements that complement public transit and other non-vehicle alternatives. The SCS element of the RTP/SCS provides future land-use assumptions upon which the SCS is constructed. SJCOG staff met with each jurisdiction in San Joaquin County to identify changes to current planning assumptions, or potential changes to the location of future development since the previous RTP/SCS was developed (2014). The scenarios presented for consideration varied in the location and intensity of future growth.These assumptions are guided in each scenario by local general plans, including the County of San Joaquin General Plan. The SCS consists of the preferred land use and transportation scenario selected by San Joaquin COG as best capable of meeting RTP goals. The 2018 RTP/SCS simultaneously addresses the region's transportation needs and encourages infill development near transit investments to reduce VMT and overall GHG emissions.This strategy selectively invests in transportation systems that complement compact growth within transit corridors in existing urban areas.The SCS focuses on the general land use growth pattern for the region, because the geographic relationships between land uses—including density and intensity— help determine travel demand.Thus, the SCS: Identifies existing and future land use patterns; Establishes a future land use pattern to meet GHG emission reduction targets; Considers statutory housing goals and objectives; Considers resource areas and farmland. These requirements, as outlined in California Government Code Section 65080(b)(2)(B), do not mean that the SCS creates a mandate for certain land use policies at the local level. In fact, SB 375 specifically states that the SCS cannot dictate local General Plan policies (see Government Code Section 65080(b)(2)(J)). Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change 4.10-7 October 2021