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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.

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.

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.

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.

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is soliciting ideas and input from the public via a survey to improve the 7th cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process and address California’s housing shortage. 

The work of the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the housing realm has earned the agencies a top award from the California Chapter – Northern Section – of the American Planning Association.

Bay Area local governments are invited to nominate Priority Development Areas (PDAs) and Priority Sites. All PDAs and Priority Sites nominated by the program deadlines listed below will be included in Plan Bay Area 2050+ and will be eligible for future planning, infrastructure or housing funds...

The San Francisco Bay Trail, a joint project of ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), is a series of connected walking and cycling paths that ring the San Francisco and San Pablo bays.

The Bay Trail Equity Strategy is a multi-year plan to look at how to develop a Bay Trail that...

Bay Area high school students are encouraged to apply for the Norman Mineta Bay Area Summer Academy, a four-week paid internship with ABAG, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air...

As the Bay Area gears up to place its first regional housing bond on the ballot, a bill aimed at ensuring the region can make the most of future voter-approved funds was approved by an Assembly committee this week.