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Responding to New Threat to Hetch Hetchy Water and Power System

Jul 27 2018

The Bay Area Council today (July 24) issued the following statement following a recent visit by U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to Yosemite Nati...

COUNCIL-BACKED WATER STORAGE PROJECTS MOVE CLOSER TO REALITY

Jun 29 2018

Three important Bay Area water storage projects that originally were slated to receive zero or only a small portion of available state funding are ...

New Study Will Explore Opportunities for Expanding, Deepening Bay Area, Fresno, Central Valley Megaregion Connections

Apr 30 2018

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Central Valley Community Foundation today announced the launch of an in-depth study to examine Fresno�...

Charting a Course for Megaregion Coordination

Apr 6 2018

A rising economy, a massive housing shortage and growing traffic in the Bay Area are causing major changes across the Northern California megaregio...

KEY MILESTONE IN SEA-LEVEL RISE DESIGN COMPETITION

Jan 12 2018

The Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge entered its final phase on Thursday (Jan. 11), with each of the 10 world-class design teams being assign...

WITH RECORD BUDGET PROPOSAL, GOV. BROWN SEES RAIN IN THE FUTURE

Jan 12 2018

There hasn’t been a lot of rain so far this winter, but Gov. Jerry Brown had the wet stuff on his mind this week (Jan. 11) when he released a $19...

THE ART OF FERRIES

Jan 5 2018

Expanding regional ferry service in the Bay Area continues to be a top priority for the Bay Area Council, and we have been inspired by the ambitiou...

2018 POLICY AGENDA TARGETS HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, WORKFORCE

Dec 8 2017

Behind the Bay Area Council’s continuing advocacy, the California legislature this year took its first (albeit modest) actions to address the sta...

Bay Area Leads Nation in Squeezing Most Economic Value from Water

Nov 28 2017

The Bay Area not only is one of the stingiest water users in the country it also squeezes more economic value out of every precious drop than any m...

California Businesses Launch Major New Climate Resilience Initiative

Nov 13 2017

The Bay Area Council today launched the “California Climate Challenge,” a major new initiative to strengthen California’s resilience to clima...

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