Storm & Flood Protection

Impact of Council’s California Resilience Challenge Reverberates Across State image

Impact of Council’s California Resilience Challenge Reverberates Across State

The Bay Area Council Foundation’s California Resilience Challenge was launched in 2019 withthe aim of speeding climate adaptation projects across...
Climate Priorities Poised for Big Wins in State Budget – But Fight’s Not Over image

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

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 image

Council Endorses Legislation for $6.7 Billion Climate Resilience Bond

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 image

Rep. Speier Reintroduces Legislation to Restore San Francisco Bay

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 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...
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