An online tool is now available to help residents identify potential earthquake-related damage to their homes and provides information on how to gird against the next big temblor.
The Earthquake Home Quiz can be accessed at ABAG's Resilience Program's website at homequakequiz.org, along with a down...
New data on housing.abag.ca.gov reveals Bay Area cities and counties permitted 27,103 new housing units in 2017, more than either 2016 (20,868) or 2015 (20,495); but only 18 percent of these units were for very-low-, low- or moderate-income residents -- far below the 58 percent required by the state...
Transit-Oriented Development
The Bay Area has some of the highest housing costs in the nation, and the construction of affordable housing has long fallen short of regional needs. One way to help solve this problem is to build more housing near transit services for lower- and moderate-income residents...
The ABAG Administrative Committee and the MTC Planning Committee are meeting on Friday, September 14th to preview Perspective Paper #2 Preview: Toward a Shared Future: Strategies to Reduce Congestion and to get an update on the Integrated Regional Planning Program (IRPP) Strategic Plan.
Second in a...
ABAG Executive Board took an "oppose" stance on Proposition 6, a measure on November ballots across California that would repeal a state gas tax increase and other transportation fees enacted by the state Legislature in 2017 via Senate Bill 1. In addition to canceling all revenue sources added by SB...
The latest special issue of ESTUARY News magazine, takes a deep dive into the 2017-2018 Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge.
- Read stories about how nine Bay communities, infrastructure, and flood facilities can adapt to the nearly new normal, a one to six-foot rise in sea level by 2100, with...
Nearly 150 attendees from local governments throughout the nine county San Francisco Bay Area attended the ABAG Spring 2018 General Assembly and Business Meeting on May 31, 2018.
The General Assembly brings together ABAG's member towns, cities and counties once a year to review and approve the...
The Census Bureau last week released 2017 population estimates for the nation's cities and towns, showing that cities in the South (especially Texas) and the West are posting the largest gains.
What about closer to home here in the Bay Area? Which jurisdictions are seeing the fastest growth in...
May's Map of the Month from ABAG and MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger looks at what year cities around the Bay Area are anticipated to reach their housing growth forecasts, assuming the annualized housing production rate since 2010 doesn't change.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and its many partners, including the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), unveiled a new scenario and public outreach campaign to showcase what could happen during a major earthquake in the San Francisco...
