Category: Public Policy

Water Boards Notice for Providing Safe Drinking Water through Consolidation of Water Systems

   This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Click here to view a Notice of Workshop and Opportunity for Public Comment on Joint Public Workshop with California Public Utilities Commission and State Water Resources Control Board on Providing Safe Drinking Water through Consolidation of Water Systems. Workshop is scheduled for August 17, […]

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BPC Submits Comment Letter on Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan

BPC’s Legislative & Policy and Resources & Infrastructure committees held a joint meeting in May to learn more about the Plan Bay Area 2040 Draft Plan (“the Plan”) that was recently released. During this meeting, BPC members received a presentation about the Plan from an MTC staff member and had the opportunity to engage in thoughtful […]

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BCDC New Information and Updates for May 26, 2017

    Dear Commissioners, Staff, and Public Listing of Pending Administrative Matters Strategic Plan Update // Staff Recommendation Briefing on Results of Implosions at Piers E4 and E5 of Former East Span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Draft Minutes of May 18, 2017 Commission Meeting Staff Report and Recommendation on a Contract for Mapping and Graphic Services // Request […]

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BPC CEO John Coleman Offers Perspective on End of Drought with Phil Matier on KPIX Channel 5 News

This past Friday, California Governor Jerry Brown at long last announced the end of the 6-year drought, lifting the emergency measures put into place in 2014. But since much of California was already out of a drought months ago, many are left asking why the governor waited this long to act. BPC CEO John Coleman joined CBS San Francisco’s Phil Matier on his segment “Matier in the […]

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BPC Gains Congressional Support for Local Beneficial Reuse Projects

Click here to read the letter from 11 members of Congress to the  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in support of including the Bay Area as a beneficial use pilot program site Click here to read the letter from BPC CEO John Coleman to Garret Graves re: Testimony for the March 9, 2017 Subcommittee Hearing on Building […]

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