The Institute for Local Government’s California Climate Action Network (CCAN) announced a new recognition program: the Beacon Award: Local Leadership Toward Solving Climate Change. The Beacon Award recognizes and celebrates California cities and counties that:
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and...
Climate Corps Bay Area is seeking local governments and community partners to employ AmeriCorps members to help with Bay Area emissions reduction projects. Climate Corps Bay Area, in partnership with Bay Area Community Resources and Strategic Energy Innovations with grant funding from California...
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) was approved for $10.7 million from the California Energy Commission to administer a region-wide energy retrofit program for residential home energy retrofits. The program will be offered in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San...
The Department of Housing and Community Development has released the 2010 Program Year Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Housing Related Parks (HRP) Program. The program provides grant funding for parks and recreation projects to cities and counties with documented housing starts for...
Outstanding local government planning and development and environmental projects were celebrated during the fourth annual presentation of the Growing Smarter Together Awards at the Association of Bay Area Governments’ Spring General Assembly on April 22, 2010. Through six award categories, the...
Four Bay Area regional agencies launched a major outreach initiative, "One Bay Area" (http://www.onebayarea.org), at a regional assembly bringing together 350 Bay Area city and county elected officials, regional leaders and community stakeholders. The regional agency partners — the Association of...
"The Bay Area economy will recover slowly, a mirror of the rest of the nation, stabilizing in 2010 with some recovery in 2011,” said Paul Fassinger, ABAG Economist and Director of Research, during the Association of Bay Area Governments’ (ABAG) 22nd Annual Regional Economic Outlook Conference on...
ABAG recently released the 2009 Housing Report: Testing the American Dream in the San Francisco Bay Area. The report chronicles the housing crisis across the Bay Area region. The housing bubble and the factors that led to the ultimate collapse are explored in this timely report, as well as the...
ABAG, the Bay Area’s regional planning agency and council of governments, has elected new officers. Union City Mayor Mark Green has been elected ABAG President for a two year term beginning January 21, 2010, and Marin County Supervisor Susan L. Adams, Ph.D, RN, is slated to become Vice President...
Wood Burning Rule makes it illegal to burn when air quality is unhealthy
Wood smoke is a major source of wintertime air pollution in the Bay Area and contains harmful pollutants such as particulate matter and carbon monoxide, as well as toxins such as dioxin, which is linked to increased cancer...
