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Climate Priorities Poised for Big Wins in State Budget – But Fight’s Not Over

Jul 9 2021

The record budget Gov. Newsom signed last week includes nearly $8 billion for unspecified climate resilience, drought, and wildfire prevention prog...

Council Endorses Legislation for $6.7 Billion Climate Resilience Bond

Mar 5 2021

Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (San Mateo) joined the Bay Area Council’s Water and Climate Resilience Committee recently for a discussion on AB 1500...

Rep. Speier Reintroduces Legislation to Restore San Francisco Bay

Jan 29 2021

Congresswoman Jackie Speier on Thursday (Jan. 28) reintroduced the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act, a bill to provide increased federal funding f...

California Resilience Challenge Spotlight: Keeping the Groundwater at Bay

Jul 31 2020

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

Jul 17 2020

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

Jun 12 2020

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

May 12 2020

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

Feb 21 2020

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

Dec 2 2019

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

Sep 20 2019

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...

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