Tag: public policy

BPC Engages on BCDC Environmental Justice Effort

On October 4, BPC staff member Brianne Riley attended the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s (BCDC) Environmental Justice Working Group meeting. Topics of discussion included a timeline update on the Environmental Justice and Social Equity Bay Plan Amendment and BCDC’s Bay Plan Policies Regarding Public Access. These are efforts that we plan to […]

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USACE Releases 2018 NLAA Program Criteria

The San Francisco District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in cooperation with the USACE’s Sacramento District and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) California Coastal and Central Valley Divisions in NMFS’ West Coast Region has released the final version of its Proposed Additional Procedures and Criteria for Permitting Projects under a Programmatic […]

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Miller Starr Regalia’s Land Use & CEQA Developments Monthly Update

  Miller Starr Regalia’s Land Use & CEQA Developments Monthly Update September 2018 Land Use Developments September 12, 2018 – Court Rejects Residents’ Takings Lawsuits for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies September 27, 2018 – City’s Mishandling of CEQA and Resulting Construction Delay Does Not Create Takings Liability CEQA Developments September 7, 2018 – Second District Applies CEQA’s “Subsequent Review” Rules to […]

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BPC Continues Advocacy Efforts on AB 617 Implementation

This month, BPC signed onto a second coalition letter spearheaded by the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA), which expresses some concerns and recommendations for the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Community Air Protection Blueprint. CARB approved the Community Air Protection Blueprint at its Board meeting on September 27. BPC has been, and continues to […]

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ENS Federal Report for September 21, 2018

ENS Federal Report – September 21, 2018   View Report on ENS Website   Share   Tweet   Link   Forward     Senate Passes Second FY 2019 Minibus The Senate continued to make progress, advancing fiscal year 2019 spending bills before the October 1 deadline.  The Senate overwhelmingly passed, 93-7, the second minibus (H.R. […]

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WATER POLICY – House passes infrastructure package

The House this afternoon easily approved water infrastructure legislation by voice vote.   The “America’s Water Infrastructure Act,” S. 3021, would authorize numerous port revitalization, flood control and water storage projects.   It would also ask the National Academy of Sciences to study moving the Army Corps of Engineers out of the Defense Department, and would […]

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