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Continue ReadingWhat We Heard: Your Comments From the Spring 2015 Open Houses Hello, During April and May, residents from across the Bay Area came together at a series of public open houses to discuss how to plan for our region’s future growth. Plan Bay Area, the region’s long-range transportation and housing roadmap, is being updated. […]
Continue ReadingTo Port Friends and Neighbors:We are sending this friendly reminder about the Port of San Francisco’s upcoming project to update the Waterfront Land Use Plan. We invite interested citizens from San Francisco and the Bay Area to participate in the public process. The Port will create a Waterfront Plan Working Group and Advisory Teams to […]
Continue Reading“California’s Future” from the Public Policy Institute of California California is forging ahead with major reforms on many fronts, including health care, corrections, and K–12 education. But it still faces a wide array of challenges, from housing costs, to climate change and water management, to higher education funding. Policymakers—including California’s voters—need more and better information […]
Continue ReadingInvitation to the Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning – West Coast February 17 – 20, 2015 Hubbs – Sea World Research Institute – San Diego , CA This event is for all in the West Coast region with an interest or connection to the coastal and marine management processes. A Planning Team made up of regional marine industry, business, education, […]
Continue ReadingNowhere to Go But Up – Increased Rate of Sea Level Rise Spurs Flood of New Ideas By Ariel Rubissow Okamoto Published in Bay Nature on January 26, 2015 Click here to read the full article at Bay Nature.
Continue ReadingInvitation to the Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning – West Coast February 17 – 20, 2015 Hubbs – Sea World Research Institute – San Diego , CA This invitation is for professionals in the West Coast region with an interest or connection to the coastal and marine management processes. A Planning Team made up of regional marine industry, business, education, […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 a development that we think will be of interest to you. Our report publishes articles on recent legal and policy developments in the field of land use, […]
Continue ReadingDHS – NEPA Policy and Procedures The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice stating that it has finalized its updated policy and procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The updated policy and procedures apply to the department and its constituent agencies and enter into effect on 20 March 2015. 79 […]
Continue ReadingHow to Get Involved in Bay Area Transportation Planning Benicia-Martinez Bridge at Sunset. (Photo by Tom Paiva) Are you curious about how to get involved in the Bay Area’s transportation planning decisions but not sure where to begin? Then check out MTC’s Draft 2015 Public Participation Plan, which spells out how we […]
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