September 18, 2015: Staff Memo to MTC Commission
This white paper has been prepared in response to Chair Cortese's memo dated July 16th in which he requested an analysis of the potential consolidation of the ABAG and MTC planning departments within...
View ArticleSeptember 17, 2015: Letter, East Bay Housing Organizations
As an organization and as a member of the 6 Winds for Social Equity Network, East Bay Housing Organizations has been a long-term participant in Bay Area regional planning and policy-making.
View ArticleSeptember 21, 2015: Letter, Silicon Valley at Home
Silicon Valley at Home (SV@Home) is the voice of affordable housing for Silicon Valley communities.
View ArticleSeptember 1, 2015: 48 Hills, Zelda Bronstein
Secrecy rules in regional-planning power struggle
View ArticleSeptember 17, 2015: 48 Hills, Zelda Bronstein
Should the regional transportation agency be elected?
View ArticleSeptember 21, 2015: Letter, Greenbelt Alliance
Greenbelt Alliance is the San Francisco Bay Area's leading organization working to protect natural and agricultural landscapes from development and help our cities and towns grow in smart ways to...
View ArticleSeptember 15, 2015: Letter, City of Union City
The Leadership of the Bay Area has a tremendous opportunity to evaluate and identify the best policy options for administering regional land use planning, regional fair share of affordable housing...
View ArticleSeptember 18, 2015: Letter, City of Antioch
Recently the City of Antioch became aware of an MTC proposal to transfer regional land use planning staff and associated funding from ABAG to MTC, and presumably shift all current land use planning...
View ArticleSeptember 21, 2015: Letter, City of Hayward
I am aware of the various discussions going on about the possible merger of ABAG and MTC.
View ArticleSeptember 22, 2015: Staff Memo to ABAG Executive Board
At the ABAG Executive Board meeting on Sept 17, 2015, the Board voted to request that the MTC Commission fund the ABAG fiscal year 2015-16 budget, terminate the proposal to transfer ABAG Planning staff...
View ArticleSeptember 16, 2015: Letter, Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO
On behalf of 109 union affiliates, and 100,000 union members of the Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO, many with working families in the transportation, construction and service sectors, I am writing to...
View ArticleSeptember 22, 2015: Letter, TransForm
I am writing to express TransForm's perspective and provide comments on the question of the ABAG/MTC relationship and MTC's proposal to establish a single planning department between the two agencies
View ArticleSeptember 24, 2015: Staff Report, City of Lafayette
Lafayette recently became aware of a proposal by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to transfer funding from the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to MTC, and presumably shift...
View ArticleSeptember 23, 2015: Letter, City of San Pablo
At its meeting on Monday, September 21, 2015, the San Pablo City Council considered matters related to the proposed consolidation of regional land use planning and research functions from ABAG to MTC...
View ArticleSeptember 22, 2015: Email: Gloria Lin
I am a recent retiree who completed 15 years of services at ABAG. The impacts outlined in the attached memo from Ezra Rapport raise huge concerns for me about losing my hard-earned retiree benefits, in...
View ArticleSeptember 23, 2015: Marin Independent Journal, Mark Prado
Marin Assemblyman Marc Levine has introduced a bill to eliminate a powerful regional commission, saying it’s not accountable to the public and has been largely ineffective in improving traffic.
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