Storm & Flood Protection

Bay Area Council Joins State Legislators in Calling for Climate Resilience Bond image

Bay Area Council Joins State Legislators in Calling for Climate Resilience Bond

The Bay Area Council and Save the Bay joined state Assemblymembers Diane Papan (D-San Mateo) and Damon Connolly (D-Marin) last week (Feb. 9) in Eas...
Breached Bay Levee = Climate Resilience image

Breached Bay Levee = Climate Resilience

With the help of a large excavator, Bay water recently poured through a broken earthen levee and began filling an old, 300-acre industrial salt pon...
Exploring the Promise of Carbon Sequestration image

Exploring the Promise of Carbon Sequestration

Achieving California’s ambitious climate goals will take many strategies, including prioritizing new and innovative technologies to remove carbon...
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

The Bay Area Council Foundation this week (Aug. 1) launched the official request for proposals for the California Resilience Challenge 2023 Grant P...
U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets image

U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets

With more insurers fleeing California, industry experts convened at an event organized by Bay Area Council member CSAA in Yountville Tuesday (July ...
U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets image

U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets

With more insurers fleeing California, industry experts convened at an event organized by Bay Area Council member CSAA in Yountville Tuesday (July ...
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...
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