BIA|Bay Area’s Plan Bay Area Housing & Jobs Tally as of November 2015 Five years into the 30-year Plan Bay Area planning period, the San Francisco Bay Area remains woefully behind when it comes to providing adequate housing for its tens of thousands of new workers. As of November 2015, the Bay Area had permitted […]
Continue ReadingThe San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Governing Board meeting is on Wednesday, 01/13/16 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, at the California State Coastal Conservancy, 1330 Broadway, 11th Floor Conference Room, Oakland. Please, click here to download the meeting materials.
Continue ReadingNews & Announcements Greetings, The Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup (CSMW) is pleased to announce that the draft San Francisco Littoral Cell Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan (SFLC CRSMP or Plan) is now available for public review and comment. The Plan will be available for a 30-day review period that will close on February 3, 2016. […]
Continue ReadingJudy Irving, director of documentary films The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and Pelican Dreams, will join The Bay Institute and Aquarium of the Bay to look into the lives of parrots, pelicans, people, and other creatures as they struggle to survive in both urban and wild environments. The evening will include clips from her films, a […]
Continue ReadingView the print-friendly version The California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development We’ve posted an article to our California Land Use & Development Law Report on developments that we think will be of interest to you. Our report publishes articles on recent legal and policy developments in the field of […]
Continue ReadingResearching and reporting the science and impacts of climate change With CO2 Boost, Marshes Can Rise to Meet Flood Risks By John Upton, December 23, 2015 In the race to keep their verdure heads above rising seas, marshes that protect coastal regions from floods, storms and erosion harbor the botanical equivalents of nitro boosters: rapid […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Click here to view the Notice of Opportunity to Comment and Notice of Public Hearing on the Reissuance of Statewide General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for Biological and Residual Pesticide Discharges to Waters of the United States from Aquatic Animal Invasive Species Control […]
Continue ReadingState of the Estuary Report 2015 The report was released at the 2015 State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference. A video summary is now available on-line to complement the full report, which was released in September. http://www.sfestuary.org/about-the-estuary/soter/
Continue ReadingWork to save San Francisco Bay only just begun Dec. 21, 2015 If you love the bay – and if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, chances are you do – you need to know: We have work to do. Rising seas, a warming climate and extreme weather threaten to damage our bay shores, […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Supreme Court Rejects CEQA Guideline Requiring Analysis of the Existing Environment’s Impacts on a Proposed Project A unanimous California Supreme Court has held that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) generally does not require an analysis of how existing environmental conditions will impact a project’s future users or residents. The Court invalidated a CEQA […]
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