Association of Bay Area Governments

ABAG stands for the Association of Bay Area Governments. Our mission is to strengthen cooperation and collaboration across local governments to build healthier, stronger communities.

ABAG is part regional planning agency and part local government service provider. We accomplish our goals by providing planning services and cost-effective ABAG member services to local governments struggling with rising costs and diminishing incomes.

General Assembly Registration Available

The annual General Assembly is June 16.  The Business Meeting is from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to review and approve the 2023-24 Budget and Work Program.  A quorum of Delegates is required to review the Budget and Work Program. The Conference, Prosperity and the Power of Place in the Bay Area, offers a keynote speaker and a local panel of Bay Area economic development activities. Register here for the General Assembly. More information is available here.

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Estuary Blueprint Spotlight: Tribal Summit Workshop on Water Quality and Quantity

Estuary Blueprint Spotlight: Tribal Summit Workshop on Water Quality and Quantity

At a recent Tribal Water Summit, the California Indian Environmental Alliance and Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians held a workshop in collaboration with Mono Lake Kutzadika’s Tribe, Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, and San Francisco Baykeeper to discuss water quality and water quantity in the San Francisco Estuary and its headwaters.

BayREN Annual Report Highlights Its Green Impact on Bay Area BayREN

BayREN Annual Report Highlights Its Green Impact on Bay Area

Led by the Association of Bay Area Governments, BayREN (Bay Area Regional Energy Network) is working to support a greener Bay Area, focusing on energy, water and greenhouse gas emission reductions. Its annual report is now available.

New Video Highlights San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority

New Video Highlights San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority

The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority is responsible for allocating funds raised by voter-approved Measure AA, the 2016 San Francisco Bay Clean Water, Pollution Prevention and Habitat Restoration Measure.

ABAG-MTC Sponsored Affordable Housing Bill Clears Another Hurdle Housing construction

ABAG-MTC Sponsored Affordable Housing Bill Clears Another Hurdle

A bill aimed at ensuring the region can make the most of future voter-approved funds was approved by an Assembly committee this week as the Bay Area ramps up to place its first regional housing bond on the ballot to address the region's housing crisis.

Project Highlights

San Francisco Bay Trail

More than 30 years ago state legislation was passed directing ABAG to develop a plan for a regional trail system.

That trail now has 355 spectacular miles of walking and bicycling paths encircling the Bay for everyone who lives here, and everyone who visits.

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Bay Area Regional Energy Network

BayREN helps single family residents, property owners and businesses get technical assistance and access financial resources to reduce energy costs.

BayREN also assists local governments in evaluating and complying with energy codes and standards.

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San Francisco Estuary Partnership

The Estuary’s waters and wetlands are a biological resource of tremendous importance for more than a million migratory birds and a vast diversity of marine wildlife.

The partnership is a collaboration of local, state and federal agencies and other organzations that protect and restore the Bay and Delta.

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