Baja California's current Urban Development Law was published 30 years ago and must be updated to promote orderly growth, said Xavier Fernando Ibarra Quintana, president of the National Chamber of the Housing Development and Promotion Industry (Canadevi) in Tijuana.

The current law was published in 1994, which is why its modernization must consider the planning of mixed-use developments, sectoral public spaces, and the optimization of the existing land reserve, among other things.
He added that these proposals are being reviewed by the state government, particularly the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Urban Development, and Territorial Reorganization (Sidurt).

"In the state, we already have it 100 percent complete. It is currently under review by the Legal Department, and we hope it will be passed soon by the Secretary of Government, then taken to the governor, passed to the State Congress, and then put to a vote," he mentioned.