Welcome to Bay Planning Coalition

Leading policy advocacy and consensus building on issues facing the San Francisco Bay

Join Our Mailing List
  • News
  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 16, 2015
  • 0 Comments

Plan Bay Area 2040 Open Houses

You’re Invited: Plan Bay Area 2040 Open Houses Metropolitan Transportation Commission sent this bulletin at 04/15/2015 09:02 PM PDT View in a web browser » Join us as we host spring Plan Bay Area open houses in each of the Bay Area’s nine counties! Help chart the path for your community by participating in this […]

Continue Reading
  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 16, 2015
  • 0 Comments

Energy News for April 16, 2015

New York Times: Legal Battle Begins Over Obama Bid to Curb Greenhouse Gases The Hill: GOP criticizes Obama’s ‘restrictive’ offshore drilling plan Wall Street Journal: IEA Says Oil Market Recovery Could Be Delayed Bloomberg: Goldman Seeks Better Standards in $80 Billion Green Bond Market Platts: US Senate members introduce three bills on nuclear plant decommissioning, spent fuel Reuters: Annova LNG to […]

Continue Reading
  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 16, 2015
  • 0 Comments

California Water & Drought News for April 16, 2015

Department of Water Resources: DWR moves to install first drought barrier on West False River Sacramento Bee: California to build temporary Delta dam Associated Press: Winter rains, snowfall likely won’t end California’s drought, forecasters say NPR: How Almonds Became A Scapegoat For California’s Drought  Los Angeles Times: Cities criticize California water cuts as unfair, unrealistic  NPR: Redistribute California’s Water? Not Without […]

Continue Reading
  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 16, 2015
  • 0 Comments

Transportation News for April 16, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Wheelchair ramps yanked for luxury seating  San Francisco Chronicle: S.F.’s Airbnb law needs to be fixed at the board  San Francisco Examiner: Advocates blast SF mayor for backlog of pedestrian-safety projects  San Francisco Examiner: NTSB cites former BART policy of ‘simple approval’ as probable cause for two worker deaths in 2013  Los Angeles Times: Obama’s climate policy […]

Continue Reading

ACWA eNews for April 15, 2015

ACWA eNews for April 15, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events.   ACWA-Sponsored SB 385 Clears Senate Environmental Quality Committee Unopposed Submitted by Lisa Lien-Mager on Wed, 04/15/2015 – 4:38pm ACWA-sponsored legislation aimed at aiding compliance with the state’s new chromium-6 drinking water standard on Wednesday cleared the […]

Continue Reading

House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Markup

The House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee will convene today (Wednesday, April 15) at 1000 am EDT to mark up the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill (E&W).  The House E & W Bill proposes to fund the Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program at $5.6 billion, this amount is $142 […]

Continue Reading

Draft Coastal Conservancy Strategic Plan Update

The Coastal Conservancy is updating its Strategic Plan to include priorities for Proposition 1 (Water Bond) expenditure, to update our Climate Change objectives and to address the newly created Santa Ana River Conservancy Program. The five-year Strategic Plan identifies specific numeric goals and objectives to help the Coastal Conservancy prioritize its work and measure its […]

Continue Reading