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  • Blog
  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 27, 2018
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BPC Attends CARB and CalEPA Public Workshop on At Berth and At Anchor Control Measures

As part of its ongoing implementation of AB 617, the State of California has reinforced its commitment to the legislation’s goals by incentivizing further emissions reductions in and around high-impact communities. Accordingly, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and California Environmental Protection Agency have drafted an update to the state’s “Concepts for Ocean-Going Vessels Operating […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 6, 2018
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San Francisco City and Port Seek State Legislation for Urgent Seawall Repairs

How many Bay Area residents and visitors have been to the historic San Francisco waterfront and know about the Embarcadero Seawall? Stretching more than three miles from Fisherman’s Wharf in the north to Mission Creek in the south, the Seawall serves as a foundation for the waterfront. Built over 100 years ago, it supports key […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 17, 2017
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BPC Dredging Workshop Looks at Planning, Permitting, and Funding for 2018 and Beyond

For over 30 years, BPC has worked to ensure that the region’s channels and harbors are dredged to adequate navigation depths and to advocate for an economic and science based approach for a rational dredging policy in the san Francisco Bay-Delta region. While the region and its issues related to the maritime industry have evolved […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 20, 2017
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Experts Assess the Impacts of Climate Change on California Land Use Law at BPC’s CEQA Update

Lawyers, planners, and land use policy experts alike gathered on Tuesday, October 17th for Bay Planning Coalition’s CEQA Update: Climate Change & Hot Topics Review. One of BPC’s signature annual events, the CEQA Update provides a forum for experts to engage with stakeholders on compelling updates to the California Environmental Quality Act and California land use law in […]

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2017 Energy & Water Nexus Summit Hits on Hot Topics in the Bay Area Infrastructure Scene

Bay Planning Coalition’s seventh annual iteration of the Energy & Water Nexus Summit was held on Friday, September 22 at the headquarters of East Bay Municipal Utility District in downtown Oakland. The panels and presentations addressed a number of critical issues facing the Bay Area’s water and energy infrastructure and resilience planning efforts. Click here to […]

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BCDC’s “Financing the Future Working Group” Takes a Closer Look at Insurance Solutions to Sea Level Rise

  On July 20, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) held its most recent Financing the Future Working Group meeting. The working group is one of several committees formed to address issues pertaining to sea level rise in the Bay Area. Presenters at the meeting featured representatives from Bay Planning Coalition member Marsh Risk […]

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  • Blog
  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 29, 2017
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Bay Planning Coalition Cybersecurity Workshop Addresses Risks Facing Bay Area Businesses and Infrastructure

On Wednesday, June 28, Bay Planning Coalition held a workshop on Confronting Bay Area Cyber Risk, where experts in cybersecurity and information technology discussed the cybersecurity issues facing businesses and utilities in our region and the steps that organizations can take to address them.   Topics covered included:   What is a “cyber event”? Panelists discussed what counts […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 23, 2017
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Industry and Community Stakeholders Show Out for Proposed Cap on GHG Emissions

More than 25 groups and 40 individuals gave public comments at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s (Air District) June 21st Board meeting. While the Air District had several items on their agenda that morning, Directors and stakeholders spent over three hours considering a vote on adopting and certifying an Environmental Impact Report on […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 16, 2017
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Sharing Knowledge: Spring Summit Insights Presented to LTMS Management Committee

While BPC’s 2017 Spring Summit has come to end, certainly the topics of conversation that participants engaged in during the conference are still at the forefront of issues being faced by many organizations in the region and  the region as a whole. Today, we continued to share insights from the Spring Summit with a presentation […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 9, 2017
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BPC Voices Concerns, Recommendations on Dredging Study Presented to RMP

In 2016, the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s (SFEI) Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) approached Bay Planning Coalition (BPC) to receive input on developing the program’s dredger fee schedule for 2017-2019. As an organization that was founded on dredging issues in San Francisco Bay and a representative of the dredging industry in the region, BPC was excited […]

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