Regional Housing Technical Assistance

Senate Bill (SB) 9, one of California's most sweeping zoning reform bills, became law on January 1, 2022. By allowing single-family owners to create up to four housing units on their property, the law

The Planning Commissioner Handbook is intended to help planning commissioners understand the planning process and terms and provide a window into planning challenges on the horizon. The handbook

The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Policies and Programs Toolkit was developed to assist local jurisdictions with completing the crucial step of establishing AFFH goals, policies and

The Bay Area Aging Malls and Office Parks Transformation White Paper was created to develop an informed Plan Bay Area 2050 implementation strategy and a pilot program that would support local

A worksheet directed at local agency planning staff and intended to guide them through key policy considerations (and decisions) in the implementation of SB 9. This worksheet is best used in

The Public Lands Playbook is designed to guide local governments and other public agencies through the process of inventorying, prioritizing and reusing publicly owned land. The playbook focuses on

This communications guide uses research from the Bay Area conducted to help local policymakers and government staff hold productive conversations with residents about planning for housing. This guide

In Winter/Spring 2022, ABAG staff and consultants reviewed 33 comment letters from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to jurisdictions in regions with earlier Housing

BayREN is the Bay Area Regional Energy Network, a collaboration of local governments representing the nine Bay Area counties plus the Association of Bay Area Governments that works to support