Contra Costa Times: Vote gives Pittsburg eBART station efforts a big boost Contra Costa Times: BART parking fees to rise at many stations next month San Jose Mercury News: Long-term money a big boost for California’s high-speed rail Capitol Weekly: Cap-and-trade funds fuel bullet train
Continue ReadingClick on the following link for the Bay Area Monitor covering the 25th Anniversary of the Richmond Bay Trail and the launch of the App for the Marina Bay: Bay_Area_Monitor_Bay_Trail_25th Richmond Bay Trail Network “Bay Trail Strides into 25th Year” is the title of the attached article from the Bay Area Monitor published by the League of Women Voters. […]
Continue ReadingClick here for the the June 2014 issue of Farragut’s Press, the newsletter of the Mare Island Museum. In this issue you can read about all the movies made at Mare Island, how Mare Island Supply Department became “memorialized” at the Bowfin museum in Hawaii and how long it takes to fill a dry dock. You […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia demonstrated its economic resilience throughout 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, despite lingering effects of the Great Recession, higher state tax rates, federal government shutdown and the fierce debt ceiling debate in late 2013. The state added 447,400 nonfarm payroll jobs in 2013 and 1.3 million jobs from the end of recession through […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Salmon migrate by truck during California drought Sacramento Bee: Weather officials: California likely faces a long, hot summer CBS San Francisco: Drought Hurts California’s Pistachio Crop; Consumers Will Pay The Price Visalia Times-Delta: Drought spurs rush to drill San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Nation’s largest desalination plant looking to provide drought-proof water supply to Southern California California Water Blog: Will […]
Continue ReadingThe Full House Appropriations Committee will be marking up the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 18th. This bill is an increase of $959.5 million over the President’s Request for the Corps of Engineers including $1.1 billion in funding from the Harbor Maintenance Tax. Read […]
Continue ReadingSFGate.com, by Melody Gutierrez Sacramento — Just hours ahead of a constitutional deadline, the California Legislature approved a $108 billion spending plan Sunday for the 2014-15 fiscal year that sends billions more to schools, pays down debt, props up the embattled High-Speed Rail project and provides funds for a Golden Gate Bridge suicide net. The budget now heads to Gov. Jerry […]
Continue ReadingThe Summer issue of the San Francisco Bay Ferry Full Speed Ahead newsletter is now available. This issue includes: M.V. Bay Breeze to Ripple the Bay Once Again: Refurbished Bay Breeze to Bring Additional Passenger Capacity to Harbor Bay Route Ferry Wins $3 Million Grant for Central Bay Facility Improving Access to Alameda Main Street and […]
Continue ReadingMember Alert Low Interest Loans for Recycled Water Still Available CASA Members, As CASA reported earlier this year, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has funding available in the form of 1 percent loans – approximately half the already low current interest rate – for water recycling projects […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Climate change would drown parts of San Mateo County Marin Independent Journal: ‘The Wave’ Larkspur Ferry shuttle to become permanent Sacramento Bee: Budget deal spends cap-and-trade funds on high-speed rail
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