Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who chairs the local
growth cabinet committee, also hailed the announcement as marking the end of a culture of «Whitehall knows best» and helping to end an over-reliance on the banks and the City of London.
SB 732 (Steinberg, Chapter 729, Statutes of 2008), recognizing the need for state agencies to work more closely together on this issue, created the Strategic
Growth Council, a
cabinet level
committee composed of agency secretaries from Business, Transportation and Housing; California Health and Human Services; the California Environmental Protection Agency; and the California Natural Resources Agency, along with the director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Research.