If you have called the BPC office in the last couple of weeks, you have probably noticed that you have not been greeted by the same, gentle and soothing voice of our Senior Administrative Assistant, Betty Kwan, that you are accustomed to hearing. Not to worry though, Betty has been in a field class, as […]
Continue ReadingLegislation authored by state Senator Robert Hertzberg, Senate Bill 163 (SB 163), is worthy in its intent to increase the production and use of recycled water in California. Unfortunately, the bill is a flawed concept and bad for business. SB 163 would require wastewater treatment facilities that discharge treated wastewater to the ocean to instead […]
Continue ReadingThe 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) met in San Francisco for a two-day conference where high-level delegates from all over the world discussed the advancement of clean energy policy and technology. Tom Steyer, a billionaire that is dedicated to promoting the transition to a clean energy economy, was in attendance and said that the Bay […]
Continue ReadingStill not convinced that the sea is rising? Well check out the article, Rising Reality, by the acclaimed San Francisco Chronicle Urban Design Critic, John King. This special report takes a very real, and very fair, look at the issue of sea level rise in the Bay Area. It is easy to read with great […]
Continue ReadingWe have all heard about Google’s push for self-driving cars; however, earlier this week news came about a new Bay Area start-up working to develop self-driving freight trucks. Yes, you heard right – a giant truck rolling down the highway with tons of cargo and no human driver at the wheel. The group, Otto, was started […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday evening, a sinkhole opened up right in downtown San Francisco and nearly swallowed a vehicle. No one was hurt, but maybe this sinkhole, and the even larger sinkhole that formed last month in the Pacific Heights area, are signs that we as Californians need to start seriously considering our aging infrastructure in relation to our record-breaking drought. Though these sinkholes […]
Continue ReadingSea level rise is a hot topic in the San Francisco Bay Area these days, with more organizations and cities, including San Francisco, making efforts to coordinate a response to the rising tides that are inevitably coming to the Bay Area over the coming decades. The problem is that many of us in the SF […]
Continue ReadingThe time has come for the 1992 law intended to boost California’s striped bass population to be scaled back. The striped bass is a non-native fish species introduced into our region’s ecosystem in the late 19th Century primarily for the purpose of sports fishing. The unintended consequence of promoting the population of this species is the […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco has come up with an impressive plan to keep its feet dry this century. With so much talk of rising tides, the City has formulated a 100-page Sea Level Rise Action Plan backed by Mayor Ed Lee. This thorough document lays out the adaptation framework for exactly how the City and County of […]
Continue ReadingMicro plastics is a trending topic in the bay area environmental community, spurred by a recent study from the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) by Dr. Rebecca Sutton that found our bay contains greater micro-plastic contamination than any large inland US body of water. Micro plastics can be defined as pieces of plastic, less than […]
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