News Stories

The Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) Program was established by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) using $23.9 million in Regional Early Action Planning Grants of 2019 (REAP 1.0), with significant staff and other institutional support from the Metropolitan Transportation...

ABAG-MTC staff have created a suite of tools to help residents, transportation and housing planners, students, and other interested people determine the severity of risk from certain types of natural hazards in the Bay Area, including earthquake, tsunami, flooding, landslides and wildfires.

The Association of Bay Area Governments is recruiting elected officials of Bayside Cities or Counties, regional park districts or open space districts that touch the Bay to serve on the Governing Board of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.

The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority is a...

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) just awarded a total of $8.5 million to 13 Bay Area organizations for Priority Conservation Area (PCA) Grants that support the goals of Plan Bay Area 2050, the adopted long-range regional plan for housing, the economy, transportation and the...

This summer, nearly 13,800 Bay Area residents were active in the second round of public engagement for Plan Bay Area 2050+, culminating in an outreach effort that was among the most extensive in the plan’s history.

California residents are increasingly finding opportunities to upgrade their homes for energy efficiency and electrification through regional, statewide, and federal rebate programs.

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) in late September closed the first loan through its Priority Sites Pilot Program, issuing $3 million in permanent financing for the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC)’s 97-unit Chinatown Senior Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)...

The City of Petaluma, like many cities in California and across the United States, has been impacted by climate change. Over the past four years, it has experienced extreme drought.

ABAG-MTC this week announced the release of $60 million in planning and capital grants(link is external, opens in a new window) to support local implementation of ABAG-MTC’s Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy and Climate Initiatives Program. Together, the TOC Policy and Climate Initiatives...

Congressional members from both the House and Senate signed their respective resolutions supporting the designation of this week as National Estuaries Week.