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ABAG Has Flood Resources
The Association of Bay Area Governments has online resources on flooding, which various parts of the region have experienced with the recent series of powerful storms. A hazard map is one of the data pieces.
The Association of Bay Area Governments has online resources on flooding, which various parts of the region have experienced with the recent series of powerful storms. A hazard map is one of the data pieces.
Three years after the state’s review process first began, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) this month granted final approval for Plan Bay Area 2050, the long-range vision for the next 30 years for transportation, housing, the economy and the environment in the Bay Area.
The application window for Priority Development Area (PDA) and Priority Production Area (PPA) grants is now open until Feb. 23, 2023.
The Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) will present a forum from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, to explore how to harness the opportunity to deliver transformative benefits for Bay Area communities impacted by longstanding inequities.
ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) this month began a nationwide recruitment effort to select the agencies’ next executive director. Current ABAG and MTC executive director Therese W. McMillan in September notified the ABAG Executive Board and MTC commissioners of her intentio...
Bay Area planners and housing practitioners joined speakers from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), Bay Area and San Diego planners and other housing professionals to talk about ADUs, state housing legislation and the 6th Cycle Housing Element at Best Practices to Implement SB 9 and Missing Middle Housing on Sept. 13.
Ezra Rapport, who served as ABAG Executive Director from 2010 to 2016 and as Deputy Executive Director from 2008 to 2010, died October 6 at his Oakland home after an 11-year battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.
During his years at ABAG, Mr. Rapport spearheaded development of the regional...
Therese W. McMillan, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) since 2019, notified the Commission that she will retire from both positions on January 31, 2023.
"After more than three decades of exceptional public...
The San Francisco Bay Trail will come into focus for the next month as Save The Bay invites the public to be part of the seventh annual Bay Day.