Project Overview

The California Joint Land Use Studies (JLUS) are collaborative efforts between local communities, active military installations, and other stakeholders. The California JLUS program is being coordinated by the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR). The main objectives of this program are:

• To encourage collaborative planning between military installations and local jurisdictions so that future community land uses and the training and operational missions of the installation are compatible.

• To develop strategies to reduce the impact of existing community and military activities on each other.

The State’s project is broken into two geographic study areas:

• The Beale Study Area includes all lands near Beale Air Force base with an actual or potential impact on military operations at the base, and lands upon which military operations at the base have an actual or potential impact. Given the central location of the base within Yuba County, it is expected that the study area will encompass most of the County.

• The R-2508 Study Area includes Edwards Air Force Base, Fort Irwin, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and the land beneath the Joint Service R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex and associated military airspace. This 20,000-square-mile area encompasses portions of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, San Bernardino, and Tulare Counties. The portion of the R-2508 Complex located in the State of Nevada is not included in California’s study area.

This program is funded through a grant from the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) and local funding from Kern County.

For more information, download the California Joint Land Use Studies Fact Sheet