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California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Request for Proposals for Climate Adaptation Projects image

California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Request for Proposals for Climate Adaptation Projects
Aug 1 2023
Grants of up to $200,000 available to help protect under-resourced communities against wildfire, drought, flood, and extreme heat events San Franci...
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U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets
Jul 21 2023
With more insurers fleeing California, industry experts convened at an event organized by Bay Area Council member CSAA in Yountville Tuesday (July ...
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U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets
Jul 14 2023
With more insurers fleeing California, industry experts convened at an event organized by Bay Area Council member CSAA in Yountville Tuesday (July ...
Celebrating Centennial of Hetch Hetchy’s O’Shaughnessy Dam image

Celebrating Centennial of Hetch Hetchy’s O’Shaughnessy Dam
May 5 2023
San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed and Bay Area and federal officials joined the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) on We...
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California Can’t Make Progress Without CEQA Reform
Apr 28 2023
California’s signature environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), isalso a signature obstacle to the state’s ability t...
Impact of Council’s California Resilience Challenge Reverberates Across State image

Impact of Council’s California Resilience Challenge Reverberates Across State
Apr 21 2023
The Bay Area Council Foundation’s California Resilience Challenge was launched in 2019 withthe aim of speeding climate adaptation projects across...
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Streamline Permitting of Existing Distribution Power Lines
Apr 14 2023
As constant new warnings emerge about the devastating impacts of climate change, it is more important than ever that we make the transition to a cl...
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California Resilience Challenge Winners Announced
Mar 31 2023
More than 100 climate leaders from across the U.S. convened aboard the Bay Area Council’s floating headquarters the Klamath Thursday (March 30) f...
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State Court Lambastes CEQA Abuse
May 27 2022
The Bay Area Council is hailing a recent decision by the First District of the California Court of Appeal that included withering criticism of how ...
Partner Spotlight: Edison International Calls for More Urgency in Climate Change Response image

Partner Spotlight: Edison International Calls for More Urgency in Climate Change Response
May 20 2022
California must act with more urgency to address the continuing effects of climate change because the cost of inaction is far greater than the cost...
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