From MTC News & Media, February 9, 2023 “Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) and the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) … issued new research [on February 9th] revealing that there are 395 affordable housing developments in various stages of pre-development across the nine-county Bay Area that would create an estimated 32,944 affordable homes in one […]
By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation, February 3, 2023 “Contra Costa County is California’s biggest winner with nearly $29 million of the $133 million in grant money recently awarded from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program. “According to a joint statement from U.S. Senators Alex Padilla
By Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, January 27, 2023 “From 2019 through 2021, the [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)] recorded 27 instances when the Richmond facility reported dumping unpermitted amounts of regulated substances into San Pablo Bay, researchers with national nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project found. None of those violations resulted in official enforcement actions or financial
New study catalogs water pollutants released by Bay Area oil refineries Read More »
By Eliyahu Kamisher, The Mercury News, January 23, 2023 “Preparations for the final 1.3-mile leg — pushing trains to the city’s Salesforce Tower — are finally picking up speed after decades of on-and-off planning. But there’s one major hurdle: a new $6.7 billion price tag. “At $5.15 billion per mile of new track, the Caltrain
New $6.7 billion price tag makes Caltrain’s SF extension among costliest in the world Read More »
Check out Napa Sonoma ADU’s upcoming free event!
Upcoming free event: Napa Sonoma ADU webinar Read More »
After years of planning and collaboration with fire scientists, firefighters, stakeholders, and local community partners, CAL FIRE’s new Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) map reflects changes in fire hazard in unincorporated, rural areas, as experienced in California over past years.
CAL FIRE releases updated fire hazard severity zone map for public comment Read More »
Elizabeth (‘Libby’) Tyler, FAICP, was elected Director-Elect, and Veronica Flores was re-elected Administrative Director. Their terms run through 2024.
2023 election results Read More »
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A loan program designed to bolster Black homeownership in communities in California’s East Bay addresses Black homeownership as a way to make long-lasting, systemic change in how Black communities can build wealth and pass it along to their heirs.
A Bay Area church attempts housing reparations Read More »
