In the eyes of Karen Krause, chair of the ACCA Government Relations Committee, Proposition 202 will enact strict, 10-year growth boundaries for Arizona communities. According to Krause, industry experts are predicting heavy job losses, curbs on business expansion, reductions in state revenue, and slower economic growth.
“The grim forecasts may include a certain amount of scare tactics, but the experts agree that Proposition 202 will make sweeping changes to Arizona development and construction,” wrote Krause. “The Sierra Club initiative may have curtailing urban sprawl as its main objective, but the end results may be devastating to the mechanical contracting industry.”