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The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is updating its Estuary Blueprint, which lays out priority actions needed for a healthy, resilient San Francisco Estuary by 2050. The partnership is seeking input to guide the update and has posted an online survey.

The Estuary Blueprint, originally called...

The San Francisco Bay Trail / Napa Valley Vine Trail project in Vallejo received a $410,000 grant to build a two-way, separated bike path along Enterprise Street. The new bike path will be about one-third of a mile.

The funding, provided last month via the State of California Natural Resources...

In May, staff will ask the Regional Planning Committee to recommend that the Executive Board approve the Final RHNA Methodology and the Draft RHNA Allocations. Recently, HCD confirmed that the ABAG Draft Methodology furthers the RHNA objectives.

As a result of this finding, ABAG can now approve...

The Draft Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Methodology and Final RHNA Subregional Shares were approved by the ABAG Executive Board on January 21, 2021, meeting a major milestone in the multi-year RHNA process.

ABAG’s Draft RHNA Methodology is similar to the Proposed RHNA Methodology rele...

The ABAG Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program is launching a 10-part training series for local planning and housing staff focused on Housing Element updates. Sessions will be held the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 9-11 a.m., beginning on Tuesday, February 23 and running...

In 2020, staff from the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission held 35 public events about Plan Bay Area 2050, in order to exchange ideas with residents and staff from partner organizations. Over 180,000 comments were received from over 15,000 people on...

As state water supplies face challenges, the Sebastopol City Council voted this week to adopt the BayREN Water Upgrades $ave program, making it the first Bay Area city to enroll.

With this program in place, Sebastopol municipal water customers can now install indoor and outdoor water efficiency...

ABAG is pleased to announce a new research initiative to help Bay Area planners meet the requirements of AB-686, new legislation to fight housing discrimination and to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH).

The research initiative is part of the national Startup in Residence (STIR) program...

The Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, a bill reauthorizing and expanding the National Estuary Program (NEP) was signed into law this week. The bill, which passed Congress with bipartisan support, reauthorizes the National Estuary Program through 2026.

The NEP provides grants to 28...

Jurisdictions interested in ABAG’s Technical Assistance and Planning Grants should take note of the upcoming February 12, 2021 deadline to submit Letters of Interest to support local Housing Elements and Priority Development Areas (PDAs).

The solicitation combines the Regional Early Action...