Storm & Flood Protection

California Resilience Challenge Spotlight: Keeping the Groundwater at Bay image

California Resilience Challenge Spotlight: Keeping the Groundwater at Bay

This is one in a series of profiles of the 12 winners of the California Resilience Challenge, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative of the Bay A...
California Resilience Challenge Spotlight: Transforming Schools Into Resilience Centers image

California Resilience Challenge Spotlight: Transforming Schools Into Resilience Centers

This is one in a series of profiles of the 12 winners of the California Resilience Challenge, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative of the Bay A...
Council Initiative to Unveil Winners of $2 Million Climate Challenge image

Council Initiative to Unveil Winners of $2 Million Climate Challenge

Following an avalanche of proposals from across the state, the Bay Area Council is set to announce the much-anticipated winners of the California R...
Climate Resilience Bond Could Create Between 75,000-119,000 Jobs Says New Bay Area Council Economic Institute Report image

Climate Resilience Bond Could Create Between 75,000-119,000 Jobs Says New Bay Area Council Economic Institute Report

A bond measure to protect California communities from wildfires, droughts, floods, and extreme heat events could create between 75,000 and 119,000 ...
Resilience Challenge Provides Sobering Look at Risks Ahead image

Resilience Challenge Provides Sobering Look at Risks Ahead

Over 80 cities, counties, special districts, and Native American tribes have applied for climate change planning grants under the California Resili...
California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Competition for Climate Adaptation Projects image

California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Competition for Climate Adaptation Projects

The Bay Area Council today launched the official request for proposals for the “California Resilience Challenge” — a $2 million statewide com...
Need for Speed Cited in Bay Restoration Efforts image

Need for Speed Cited in Bay Restoration Efforts

The Bay Area needs to hurry efforts to restore Bay wetlands, according to a recent San Francisco Chronicle story on efforts to restore wetlands aro...
Alaska Airlines Joins California Resilience Challenge image

Alaska Airlines Joins California Resilience Challenge

Alaska Airlines this week joined the California Resilience Challenge, pledging $100,000 to help communities across California improve their resilie...
Resilience Challenge Enters Key Phase image

Resilience Challenge Enters Key Phase

As the Bay Area Council nears an important milestone in its ambitious California Resilience Challenge, a new study by Zillow Research shows just wh...
Atmospheric River a Reminder of Bay Area Vulnerability to Extreme Storms image

Atmospheric River a Reminder of Bay Area Vulnerability to Extreme Storms

A second atmospheric river pummeled Northern California this week, bringing historic rain, flooding, snow and winds, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to...
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