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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis’ administration has shelved legislation designed to shape California’s future growth though financial rewards to cities that followed its vision. 

California growth analysts called it the first statewide growth management bill engineered by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research in nearly two decades. 

But local governments disliked bending to state planning visions to get grants and characterized the bill as state meddling. 

OPR Director Tal Finney said the legislation might have stirred more lawsuits than planning. 

The bill proposed that OPR write model “planning practices” to promote more infill development, transit, walkable neighborhoods and a mix of housing options.