On May 25 BPC submitted a Letter to the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA) in support of the proposed Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team (BRRIT) and its accompanying Bay Restoration Policy and Management Team (BRPMT). With the BRRIT and accompanying BRPMT, SFBRA has the opportunity to improve the permitting process and policies for multi-benefit […]
Continue ReadingOn May 2 BPC joined a coalition of Bay Area organizations to call on Assembly Members Phil Ting and Richard Bloom and Senators Holly Mitchell and Bob Wieckowski to include robust funding in the state legislature’s 2018 budget for critical wetlands restoration in San Francisco Bay. Seeking $50 million, this investment by the state would […]
Continue ReadingAt the Dredged Material Management Office’s meeting on May 23, it was announced that the Richmond Outer Harbor will be dredged to a limited degree in 2018 despite initial concerns that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) would not undertake any dredging of the area in 2018. The USACE’s application for the project states […]
Continue ReadingBPC has been closely monitoring the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Water Board) development of new proposed Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State, for inclusion in the Water Quality Control Plan for Inland Surface Waters and Enclosed Bays and Estuaries and Ocean Waters of California. We originally […]
Continue ReadingOn May 22 the U.S. Senate’s version of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (WRDA 2018), known in the Senate as America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, passed unanimously in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. The U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s leaders introduced the bipartisan WRDA 2018 legislation on May […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Regional Measure 3: Work on transportation improvements could start next year KTVU: What to expect with Regional Measure 3 North Bay Business Journal: Years of North Bay transportation construction ahead with Regional Measure 3 ballot win East Bay Times: Bridge toll hike is ‘first step’ in solving Bay Area’s traffic woes, experts […]
Continue ReadingThe Wall Street Journal: Record Oil Exports Help Cut U.S. Trade Gap Reuters: Trump’s move to please farmers on biofuels reform draws refinery union ire The New York Times: As Fuel Prices Rise, Airlines Warn of Higher Fares RTO Insider: LaFleur, Glick Promise a Light Touch on Changing West Utility Dive: Exelon CEO endorses nuke […]
Continue ReadingKCRA: ‘Incredibly busy year ahead’: DWR works toward Oroville spillway deadline San Francisco Chronicle: May smashes temperature records in U.S. Water Deeply: In Berry Country, California Farmers Get Innovative to Save Groundwater Water Agency: Major flood risk reduction and dam safety enhancements planned for New Bullards Bar Pacific Standard: California State Officials Voice Concerns Over […]
Continue ReadingClick here for information on Port of Redwood City’s 2019 Calendar Art Contest.
Continue ReadingFor information on the upcoming Aquarium of the Bay Film and Lecture event, featuring a screening of BLUE, click here.
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