New Delta & California Water Legislation: How will the Bay Area be affected?
Concerned about the future of the San Francisco Bay Delta, the linchpin of the state’s water system? Wondering what the new package of water bills just passed will mean for the Bay Area? Bay Area elected officials and...
View Luncheon Keynote Speaker Will Fleissig’s Presentation
Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and former County Executive, King County, Washington presented the keynote address during the Fall General Assembly on Thursday, October 22, 2009, in San...
Local workshops in San Jose and Oakland will assist local governments and urban water suppliers in adopting and implementing the required Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance. The law requires cities and counties, including charter cities and charter counties, to adopt landscape water...
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is planning to apply for Brownfields Assessment grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the year 2009. ABAG is looking for cities and towns to partner together for the EPA grant funds which will provide loans and...
Thirty-seven percent less new housing was permitted in 2008 than in 2007 in the San Francisco Bay Area according to a recently completed Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) annual survey. Not surprisingly, regional results indicate a significant drop in permits compared to 2007, though...
ABAG in coordination with approximately 100 cities, counties, agencies, and special districts has developed a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) draft update for the San Francisco Bay Area. The LHMP is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirement for jurisdictions to receive Federal...
Over the next 25 years ABAG projects that an additional 1.7 million people will live in the Bay Area, over 1.6 million new jobs will be created, and more than 600,000 homes will be built. A much older population and higher energy costs are anticipated, as well as changes resulting from global...
Alternative Planning Strategy (APS) -- A separate document from the Regional Transportation Plan for regions where the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) will not achieve the greenhouse gas reduction target. If the SCS is unable to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the targeted levels, then an...
ABAG is exploring the feasibility of creating a regional Solar and Energy Efficiency (SEE) District in partnership with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). An overview of this proposed District with an executive summary report was presented to the ABAG Executive Board on March 19, 2009.
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ABAG commemorates the 20th anniversary of the San Francisco Bay Trail Project. The San Francisco Bay shoreline has seen profound changes since the initiation of the Bay Trail Development Project in 1989. Access to the Bay from San Francisco to San Pablo is now available with trails to suit the needs...
