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San Francisco Bay Protection Measure AA Passed with Voter Support

Measure AA, a special parcel tax of $12 per year for twenty years on the June 7, 2016 ballot in all nine Bay Area counties passed with 69 percent voter approval. "This is a significant achievement for the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (Authority), for the San Francisco Bay, for all Bay...

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Plan Bay Area 2040 Open Houses This Week in Napa County

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) invite the public to attend any of three open houses to be held Monday, June 13 in Fairfield and Santa Rosa, and in San Francisco on Tuesday, June 14th to learn about an update to the region's long...

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Plan Bay Area 2040 Open Houses This Week in San Mateo, Alameda and Marin Counties

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) invite the public to attend any of three open houses to be held this Wednesday, June 1, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Burlingame (City of Burlingame Recreation Center, Auditorium, 850 Burlingame...

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Bay Area Open Houses Scheduled for Plan Bay Area 2040 Regional Transportation and Housing Plan

Who: Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) &

Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)



What: A series of public open houses for Bay Area residents to learn about an update to the region's long-range transportation and housing roadmap known as Plan Bay Area 2040. Planners have prepared...

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Bay Area Planning Directors Association Spring Meeting Housing Solutions in a Time of Crisis

May 13, 2016

8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Preservation Park, Nile Hall

668 13th Street, Oakland

The Bay Area housing market is in crisis. A booming regional economy and rapid population growth have led to exceptionally high rents, a severe lack of housing supply, displacement and extreme commutes.

Confe...