November 7, 2016 To: Mayors, City Council Members, Supervisors, and City Managers and County Administrators From: Dave Cortese, MTC Chair and Julie Pierce, ABAG President Re: Update on Plan Bay Area
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Letter from ABAG Executive Board to ABAG Staff
Dear ABAG Staff: Following last week's resignation of Ezra Rapport from his position as Executive Director, the Executive Board of the Association of Bay Area Governments wishes to assure you of our
Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Director Ezra Rapport Announces Retirement
Executive Director Ezra Rapport will be retiring from the agency he has headed since 2010. Mr. Rapport will leave ABAG effective September 30, 2016. In his role as Executive Director, Mr. Rapport was
ABAG-MTC Merger Update
With ABAG Special Executive Board meeting on June 16th, and MTC's Commission meeting on June 22nd, certain conditions established by Resolution 4210 have now been met and the Merger Implementation
Plan Bay Area 2040 Spring Outreach Extends Regional Conversation on Housing and Transportation
During May and June, more than 1,100 members of the public attended open houses or took an online quiz to learn about and comment on an update to the region's long-range transportation and housing
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
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
Hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on Regional Planning for the San Francisco Bay Area Friday, April 8, 2016
The second hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on Regional Planning for the San Francisco Bay Area will be held on Friday, April 8, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the California State Building
Embezzled FAN Funds to be Restored
Clarke J. Howatt, a former employee of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and former Secretary to ABAG's Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations (FAN) is pleading guilty to one count
State Approves $47 Million in Affordable Housing Grants for 11 Bay Area Projects 777 New Units of Low-Income Housing to Be Built
Local transportation and planning officials are applauding yesterday's action by California's Strategic Growth Council to award over $47 million in state Cap-and-Trade funds to 11 affordable, transit