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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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San Francisco Estuary Partnership Base Funding Awaiting Presidential Signature

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership's (SFEP) base funding bill, S1523, has made it out of the United States House and the Senate and is now awaiting approval from the President. The SFEP, along with the other 27 other national Estuary Programs, was established by Congress to improve the waters...

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3rd Hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on Regional Planning for the San Francisco Bay Area Friday, May 20, 2016

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Elihu M. Harris State Building, Auditorium

1515 Clay Street, Oakland



Elected officials are invited to attend the 3rd hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on Regional Planning for the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday, May 20, 2016. The hearing will include an update on the...

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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 several...

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New 2.5-mile segment of Bay Trail to open at Sears Point

Public invited to celebration & ribbon-cutting ceremony at site of Sears Point Wetland Restoration Project

Sonoma Land Trust, the San Francisco Bay Trail, and the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge invite the community to join in the grand opening of the new 2.5-mile extension of the San...

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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...

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Learn More about ABAG's Spring General Assembly

More than 160 city, town and county elected officials and stakeholders from throughout the region attended the Association of Bay Area Governments' (ABAG) Spring General Assembly on Thursday, April 21st at the Oakland Museum. During this significant regional forum on "The Future of Regional Planning...

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Housing Action Agenda Approved on March 17, 2016

The ABAG Executive Board unanimously approved the Housing Action Agenda on March 17, 2016. In the coming months, ABAG will develop a detailed work plan to identify actions locally, regionally and statewide to promote, preserve and fund affordable housing in the Bay Area.

The goal of the housing...