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- Projections 98
- Trends and Challenges: Policy Implications of Projected Regional Growth
- Fall 1997 General Assembly: K-12 Education
- El Niño Conference
- Take Note: What's So Big About Rio Vista?
- Heads Up: Waste reduction and recycling
- January/February Calender Items
- Note from the President
Projections 98
THE ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FORECAST FOR THE 9-COUNTY BAY AREA TO THE YEAR 2020
By the year 2020, nearly 25 percent more people will be living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Between 1995 and 2020, the region will add approximately 1.4 million new residents and generate about the same number of jobs. But that growth will come at a price.
High housing costs will force Bay Area residents to postpone retirement, spend more of their time commuting between home and work, or leave the region entirely. The latter two outcomes could exert a drag on the region’s economic drive.
Those are some of the conclusions drawn by ABAG researchers in Projections 98. The biennial publication presents the most recent forecasts of employment, population, and household growth in the San Francisco Bay Area for the period 1995-2020. The report’s broader policy implications are explored in a companion document, Trends and Challenges, which will be released in early 1998.
Population Projections
According to Projections 98, between 1995 and 2020, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties will absorb approximately 37 percent of the region’s 1.4 million new residents. To the north, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties are expected to account for 25 percent of the population growth. Approximately 24 percent of the Bay Area’s total population growth will occur in the most populous county – Santa Clara. The West Bay counties of Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo will grow the least, accounting for 14 percent of the regional change.
A significant percentage of the population increase will occur among the region’s younger inhabitants. Between 1995 and 2000, the population of school-aged children is expected to surge. The number of 5-to-9 year-olds will grow by 78,000; 10-to-14 year-olds by 47,000; and 15-to-19 year-olds by 63,000. Consequently, the demand for new school facilities will be strong.
However, the number of children in the 0-4 age group is expected to decline between 1995 and 2000, a trend that will continue until 2010. In the long term, greater creativity in school design will be required to accommodate the wide fluctuations in the school age population.
At the other end of the age spectrum the growth is expected to be dramatic. The over-65 age group is expected to grow by 727,000 persons by 2020, an increase of nearly 90 percent. A significant portion of this growth will take place between 2000 and 2020, when ABAG projects the over-60 age group will grow by more than one million people.
This growth will have profound implications for the region in terms of housing, health care and other basic services. Changes in the age distribution of the population will also affect the composition of the labor force.
Generally, the high cost of living, greater life expectancy, and the evolution of work away from physically strenuous labor prompts ABAG’s researchers to conclude that the labor force of the future will include a larger percentage of older Americans. In fact, the Bay Area’s workforce may include a higher percentage of over-65 workers than the rest of the nation because of its high proportion of service sector jobs.
The region’s population is also becoming increasingly multi-ethnic. By 2020, people of color will constitute the majority of the region’s population: 24 percent of the population will be Hispanic; 20 percent Asian or Pacific Islander; 9 percent African American and 47 percent white/non-Hispanic.
Household Projections
In the 1980s and early 1990s, household sizes increased dramatically, reversing more than 20 years of decline. Three factors contributed to the increase: more births; increasing numbers of immigrants seeking to live in extended family groups; and residents "doubling up" in response to high housing costs and low wages. ABAG expects this trend to continue through the year 2000, with a gradual decline in the persons per household between 2000 and 2020.
Income inequality in the Bay Area is also expanding, a fact that may be obscured by the region's larger-than-average households. Between 1980 and 1990, average household income in 1995 dollars increased from $52,134 to $64,100, or approximately 23 percent.
At first glance, the increase suggests that, on the whole, Bay Area residents made significant economic gains in the 1980s. However, averages can obscure wide variations in income. Median household income during that same period increased by only 17 percent, suggesting that the average was distorted by a relatively small number of households earning high wages.
At the same time, the labor supply increased 23 percent, and workers per household jumped from 1.30 in 1980 to 1.40 in 1990. The principal reason for the 17 percent increase was the hike in the number of workers per household. Real median household income per worker increased only eight percent.
This income disparity appears to be continuing. According to information from the State Board of Equalization, the median income for Bay Area counties was 50 to 80 percent of the average. Therefore, the typical person receives a substantially lower income than might be inferred from the average.
ABAG estimates that Marin County had the highest real household income in 1995—$86,800. Between 2000 and 2020, San Mateo County is expected to have the fastest growth rate in average household income, increasing 36 percent. In contrast, the average Bay Area household income is expected to increase 29 percent in the same period.
Job Projections
According to ABAG researchers, the frenzy of economic activity witnessed in the last two years will begin to level off after the turn of the century. Between 1995 and 2000, the number of jobs in the Bay Area is projected to increase 14 percent, or 2.7 percent each year. By 2005, the pace of growth is expected to fall off to 1.5 percent per year, then slow to 1.0 percent per year by the year 2020. New high technology industries will be an important source of those new jobs. However, traditional sectors of the economy, such as manufacturing and retail sales, will provide most of the jobs during the forecast period.
A significant trend in the next two decades will be the gradual, out-migration of jobs from the Bay Area's traditional urban core: San Francisco and Alameda counties and, more recently, Santa Clara County. However, during the forecast period, most of the region’s jobs will continue to be concentrated in those three counties. In fact, by 2020 Santa Clara County is expected to have nearly twice San Francisco's 680,000 jobs.
Santa Clara County’s current job growth surge will peak by 2000. Between 1995 and 2000 the county’s job inventory is expected to jump 22 percent. Between 2000 and 2005, the growth rate is expected to fall to 6 percent, and remain close to that pace through 2020. However, given the county’s exceedingly large job base, even a small percentage gain translates into a large increase in the absolute number of jobs.
Job growth will also begin to transform four rural Bay Area counties that have served largely as bedroom communities: Solano, Napa, Sonoma, and Contra Costa. All four counties will see substantial increases in employment over the next 23 years. Solano’s will jump 74 percent, followed by Napa at 69 percent, Sonoma with 68 percent, and Contra Costa at 59 percent.
For the latter three counties, the growth will significantly decrease the gap between the number of employed residents and jobs. More local jobs offer the potential for more area residents to work closer to home. However, the prevailing trend is in the opposite direction.
Jobs/Housing Imbalance
Despite the anticipated construction of approximately 508,000 new housing units in the region by 2020, housing production–particularly housing more affordable to moderate and lower income households–will continue to lag behind demand. The gap between supply and demand will be particularly acute in Santa Clara County where the supply of housing is already disproportionately low in relation to the county's surfeit of jobs. But Santa Clara County is not unique. The problem is regional, evidenced by traffic jams that disregard jurisdictional boundaries.
Communities on the Peninsula, in northern Silicon Valley (San Jose to Palo Alto) and along I-680 have seen the most serious imbalance of jobs-to- labor growth. One of the primary factors fueling this trend has been local development and land use policies that seek to maximize job production without a commensurate emphasis on housing production. This has been particularly true in the urban core. In the suburbs the problem is reversed: lots of housing but few jobs, and both located far from mass transit.
If jobs continue to move out of the urban core to areas where automobile-dependence is the greatest, the cost to private industry and the public is likely to mount.
Challenges Ahead
While the region's economic future looks bright, a number of serious challenges loom ahead, chief among them the region's high cost of housing. Unless public policy initiatives are instituted to provide more housing at greater densities and affordable prices near mass transit, workers and employers may opt to leave the area, undermining the region’s economic health.
Will the Boom Continue?
A Regional Economic Outlook: 1998-1999
On January 29, 1998, ABAG will be hosting its annual conference on short term economic projections for the Bay Area. Will the Boom Continue? A Regional Economic Outlook:1998-1999, will be held in the MetroCenter Auditorium at 101 Eighth Street (at Oak) in Oakland from 8:30 am to 12 noon.
* Ted Gibson, Chief Economist for the State Department of Finance, will discuss California economic trends: Will Asian economic woes affect us? Will the high tech boom begin to slow? Is the homebuilding industry on the rebound?
* Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice President and Chief Economist of the California Association of Realtors, will discuss the real estate housing boom: what's driving it, and how long is it likely to last?
* Paul Fassinger, ABAG Research Director, will present short-term forecasts for jobs, occupations, and income for the nine Bay Area counties and the region.
* Brian Kirking, ABAG Regional Planner, will outline taxable sales and commercial construction trends on a regional and county level.
Registration is $75 for members, $95 for non-members. For more information, call Barbara Garber at 510/464-7993.
Trends and Challenges
: Policy Implications of Projected Regional GrowthIncome
The Bay Area has the highest household income in California. However, that income is not distributed uniformly. ABAG predicts that the income gap between the region’s most and least affluent residents will widen over the next two decades.
Take Atherton and Oakland for example. In 1995, the average household income in Atherton was six times that in Oakland. By 2020, the ratio is projected to spread to 8 to 1. This trend reflects the heightened demand for workers with higher levels of education and training, particularly for better paying jobs. It also is indicative of the fact that affluent residents are able to augment their salaries with investment income.
Social changes have also exacerbated the income gap. Divorces, marital separations, births out of wedlock, and later first marriages have resulted in more single-parent and non-family households. These households tend to have lower incomes.
One of the most unfortunate aspects of the income gap is its effect on children. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of children living at or below the poverty line in the U.S. is increasing dramatically. Nationally, the poverty rate increased 24 percent between 1989 and 1993. Even in the affluent Bay Area, 7.5 to 10 percent of the region’s children were living below the poverty line in 1993. (San Francisco 17 percent; Alameda 14 percent; Sonoma and Contra Costa Counties 13 percent.)
What makes this trend more striking is the fact that the Census Bureau uses one poverty threshold for the entire nation. Clearly it takes more money to inch above the poverty line in the Bay Area than in a state such as Mississippi. Given the projected increase in the region’s under-20 population, more than 185,000 children in the Bay Area could be living below the poverty line by 2020. If the poverty line were adjusted to reflect the Bay Area's higher cost of living, the number could double.
Livable Wages
Recently, the Californians Organizing for Family Self Sufficiency Project developed estimates of "self sufficiency" wages: the amount of money employed adults need to meet basic living expenses. The estimate takes into account geographical variations in cost, and the age and number of children. It also assumes that the household receives no subsidies of any kind, public or private.
Bay Area counties vary widely in the amount of wages a one-worker household needs to be self-sufficient. For example, in Sonoma County, a household with one adult and one preschool child would need a "self sufficient" wage of $1,840 per month, of which $630 (34%) would be applied to housing. A similar household in San Francisco would need an additional $700, or $2,550 per month, to be self-sufficient. Of that, $950 (37%) would be used for housing. These monthly incomes translate into an hourly wage of $10.50 to $14.50, far exceeding the pay of most entry-level and unskilled jobs.
Households with two wage earners fare better. For example, a San Francisco couple with one preschool child would need to earn a self-sufficiency wage of $2,880 a month, or $8.18 per hour per adult.
Many of the occupations projected to grow rapidly in the next few years, such as retail sales, cashiering, food preparation, reception clerks, and janitorial and security jobs will require less than a high school education. However, the wages paid for these occupations are too low to achieve self-sufficiency–particularly for single parent families. The earnings gap between the self-sufficiency needs of a typical single-parent family with one child ($12.60 per hour) and the wages paid for an office clerk ($9.60 per hour) is more than $3.00 per hour, and nearly 2.5 times the recently enacted $5.15 minimum wage.
Affordable Housing
The region has nearly 200,000 acres designated for residential development over the next 20 years–the equivalent of 5.5 more Oaklands or 16 more Walnut Creeks. Most of this development is planned for the periphery of the region, far from existing job centers or land earmarked for commercial or industrial development.
According to the California Department of Finance, more than two-thirds of all housing built in the Bay Area between 1990 and 1996 was single-family detached housing. And, 60 percent of the land available for development between 1995 and 2020 is earmarked for single-family homes. This style of housing tends to be too expensive for many households.
For a variety of reasons, including the lack of sufficient land designated for housing near job centers, housing prices in the Bay Area are expected to continue to rank among the highest in the nation.
Transportation
By 2020, more homes and jobs will be situated far from existing public transit stations. In fact, ABAG estimates that 80 percent of the housing constructed between 1995 and 2020 will be built more than three miles from BART, CalTrain, MUNI Metro, the ferry terminals, or the Santa Clara County Light Rail System. That means that more people will be commuting by car to work, exacerbating the region’s traffic congestion.
The Bay Area's roadway network will be strained by the job and housing growth planned for the region. It is precisely for this reason that ABAG believes it would be in the region's best interest to encourage the construction of more housing near existing transit lines. This would reduce congestion, make better use of the region's existing infrastructure, and cut costs to the public. Unless the region moves in this direction, Bay Area traffic–and its associated environmental problems–will considerably worsen.
Projections 98
Projections 98 presents the most recent forecasts of employment, population and household growth in the San Francisco Bay Area for the period 1995-2020. The report also includes projections on: land available for development; industry expansion; job sector growth; labor force participation; household income growth; and housing supply.
The report (Catalog No. P98001PRO) is available in print (with diskette) for $200 plus $5 shipping and handling, and local sales tax. [ABAG members receive a 20 percent discount.]
Trends and Challenges
Produced as a companion toProjections 98, Trends and Challenges examines the implications of regional growth forecasts, and focuses on nine topics: population, labor force, income, wages, industry clusters, linkages, housing, transportation and education. Ask for Catalog. No. P98002PRO. The price is $15, plus $3 shipping & handling and local sales tax. [The price is $10 if purchased with Projections 98.]
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Fall 1997 General Assembly:
K-12 Education
This Fall's General Assembly began with California School Boards Association (CSBA) President Juanita Haugen, who discussed the recent partnership formed between the CSBA, the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties. Active in Sacramento during the past year, the partnership focused on reaching consensus before "entering the Capitol." Watch for more activity from this group in 1998! One of the most lively discussions ever at an ABAG General Assembly came from the panel on bilingual education. Toni Cook, Henry Derr and Arnoldo Torres communicated diverse views and thoroughly engaged the audience.
Challenging comments were heard from the panel on job preparedness: Jere A. Jacobs, Ken Sherer, Pete Sinclair and moderator Sunne McPeak. A resounding theme emerged: as much as specific training, employers are looking for workers with good citizenship - a team player who is reliable.
A panel then shared examples of successful partnerships between schools and local governments. [A summary of many of these projects is available in the ABAG booklet, The Buddy System. Call 510/464-7965-- it's free!]
The day was completed with a keynote presentation from Assembly-member Kerry Mazzoni, from San Rafael, who is chair of the Assembly Education Committee. Mazzoni discussed her views on education reform, and outlined issues likely to come before the Legislature in 1998.
California School Boards Association President Juanita Haugen
San Mateo County Supervisor and ABAG Past President Mary Griffin
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Hightower
Pacific Bell Foundation President Jere A. Jacobs
El Niño
El Niño Conference
The San Francisco Bay Area may be rounding the corner on one of the wettest, and most disastrous, winters of the 20th Century. But thanks to new scientific advances, and the shared wisdom of experts and local governments, the region may weather the storm better than the last time a major El Niño hit the region.
On December 8, 1997, more than 100 people representing local governments and construction-related businesses attended El Niño: Hazards and Opportunities, a conference co-sponsored by ABAG, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the California Office of Emergency Services. The all-day event included presentations on flooding and landslide hazards posed by El Niños, liability and risk management issues faced by local governments, and strategies being employed by federal, state and local agencies in response to those hazards.
Norm Hoffman, of the National Weather Service, explained that an El Niño–a warming trend in the Pacific Ocean caused by stalled trade winds that normally blow west across the ocean–could result in 17 percent to 40 percent more rain this winter in the Bay Area. When rain continues to pound saturated soil, hills begin to slide and floods to form. That's precisely what happened in the Bay Area in the winter of 1982-83, during the last major El Niño.
To help local governments cope with hazards such as these, the USGS has mapped the areas of the region most susceptible to mudslides. A panel of USGS scientists (led by David Howell, USGS project chief for the SF Bay Area Mapping Project) explained the geological principles behind the maps–the most technically sophisticated in the county–and how they will be used. In an emergency, the agency will issue alerts to state and local agencies to help them decide when to evacuate an area and where to concentrate their relief efforts.
Terry Bursztynsky, ABAG's Director of Environmental Programs, reviewed methods that contractors and developers can employ to control erosion on construction sites–a requirement of state law. For example, local government can require developers to use larger and deeper sediment basins to trap silt, or straw bales to slow runoff on steep slopes.
Once a mudslide begins, there are steps cities and counties can take to reduce the extent of the damage. However, a panel of consulting geologists and civil engineers cautioned that the options are limited at that point; the underlying problem won't be solved. They urged local governments to take steps to reduce the risk of landslides well in advance of future storms.
Albert Fierro, Vice President of ABAG PLAN Corporation, a self-insurance pool covering 31 Bay Area cities, also urged local governments to plan ahead to reduce their liability. Fierro encouraged those in attendance to review their emergency preparedness plans in light of the possibility of massive flooding. A number of Bay Area cities are situated near sea level, making them particularly vulnerable to this hazard, Fierro cautioned.
Local governments also need to anticipate how they will help their communities recover once the peak of the disaster passes. Most people will turn to city hall for help, not the state or federal government, Fierro noted. Local governments must be prepared to help residents apply for emergency federal assistance and to protect vacant, damaged houses from vandals.
Representatives from the cities of San Jose, Morgan Hill, and Napa outlined the steps they are taking to prepare for El Niño, such as aggressively cleaning stream beds and monitoring water levels to anticipate the location of floods. Delegates from the Small Business Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Emergency Services also outlined the type of help available from their agencies.
For more information, visit ABAG's El Niño website at www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/enviro/elnino.html.
You may also call:
• Terry Bursztynsky, ABAG Environmental Programs Director, at (510) 464-7900
• Eliza Chan, FEMA Public Information Officer, at (415) 923-7006
• David Howell, USGS Project Chief for S.F. Bay Mapping Project, at (650) 329-5430
• Herb Johnston, SBA Public Information Officer, at (916) 566-7240
• Richard Eisner, OES Regional Administrator, at (510) 286-0853.
WHAT’s NEXT:
ideas for future action proposed by conference participants
ABAG and USGS should investigate the possibility of making the USGS maps visible on the Internet.
In June, or next September, ABAG should hold a follow-up conference for local governments to share information about what worked, and what didn’t work.
As problems come to light, local governments should keep track of solutions that could have been instituted earlier. After the crisis passes, these ideas can be used to prepare for the next series of storms.
ABAG should sponsor a bill that would grant private geologists and civil engineers who make emergency evaluations on mudslides the same immunity from liability given to structural engineers deputized as emergency building officials.
There is no centralized depository for hazard maps prepared by cities or consultants. Perhaps this information could be posted on the Internet, so property owners and realtors could gain access to it.
After the winter of 1982-83, many insurance companies dropped their landslide coverage. However, many homeowners don’t realize this. Governments and design professionals may be hit with lawsuits by homeowners struggling to find ways to cover their losses.
USGS Potential Landslides Maps
USGS's maps of potential landslides in the San Francisco Bay Area will be available on the internet in early January at http://elnino.usgs.gov/landslides-sfbay. (The maps will not be visable on the screen, but can be downloaded and printed.) The site will include four regional maps on a scale of 1:275,000.
- Shaded topographical relief map
- Slide and earth flow susceptibility map
- A map of debris flow areas; and
- A rainfall threshold map.
A more detailed verion of the first three maps will be available for each county in the region on a scale of 1:125,000.
How Cities can prepare for El Niño:
Inspect and clean out storm drains on a regular basis.
- Review inventory and working condition of emergency equipment: pumps, generators, termporary lighting, sandbags, and barricades.
- Hold Emergency Operation Center (EOC) drills in conjunction with community and governmental agencies in your region.
- Provide information to residents and neighborhood groups on what to do and who to call if they experience flooding.
- Prepare a flood evacuation and shelter plan for residents.
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NoteWhat's So Big About Rio Vista?
The recent release of ABAG’s Projections 98 forecasts the City of Rio Vista (in Solano County) the highest rate of growth of all cities in the 9-county region between the years 2000 and 2020, with a 424% increase in population.
In that time period, ABAG projects Rio Vista will add about 19,500 new residents. While the number of new residents would only rank 15th among all Bay Area cities, it is the rate of growth that is significant. The current population of approximately 4,000 is expected to more than quadruple to 24,100.
According to ABAG Projections, household growth will boom in Rio Vista with a 450% increase between 2000 and 2020, also the highest rate of growth in the entire region. Rio Vista expects to add 150 homes annually over the next 20 years, totaling 3,000. This will make a substantial impact on this old Solano County riverfront town.
Rio Vista is presently upgrading its General Plan. Despite the expected growth, city officials want to keep the small town image. Equal distribution of development on either side of the freeway is being monitored. Infrastructure costs and traffic impacts are being examined as a measure to address the growth that will occur.
Short term construction plans include a Summerset Housing Project retirement center, Schuler Homes of California housing development, and a business park. The Summerset Housing Project is in the process of constructing 450 new units. Ultimately, the project will include 4,600 new units. Schuler Homes is currently in the second phase of building 40 homes. They have 75 lots available, and a potential of up to 290 for future growth. While the numbers may seem small for most Bay Area communities, in a town of 4000 these are monumental changes.
The business park will be constructed on a 100 acre parcel, which was previously an airport. The park plan calls for light industrial companies. It includes bicycle trails and is pedestrian-oriented. This project is funded by a Community Development Block Grant of $1.2 million.
Jobs associated with the new business park will be a welcome addition in the city with the highest rates of regional population and household growth. ABAG projects that Rio Vista will add 1,720 new jobs between 2000 and 2020-- a 91% increase, but no match for the 19,500 anticipated new residents.
The 960 new retail jobs reflect a 168% increase; the 650 new service jobs, a 159% increase; but, the 700% in manufacturing and wholesale employment is actually just 70 jobs. Despite the modest numbers, the rate of growth is, again, tremendous.
Rio Vista Growth
2000 - 2020
Population Growth
+19,500 new residents
Population Growth
+424% (#1 in region)
New Households
+7,740 (#1 in county)
Household Growth
+450% (#1 in region)
Employed Residents
+9,500 new workers
Employed Residents
+500% (#1 in region)
Service Jobs
+1080% (#4 in region; #1 in county)
Manufacturing & Wholesale Job Growth
+700% (#2 in region; #1 in county)
Retail Job Growth
+168% (#2 in county)
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UpBay Area Online Government Guide (Gov Guide)
ABAG and Smart Valley, Inc. are developing the Bay Area Online Government Guide (GovGuide), a consolidated web-based directory to regional government services in the Bay Area. It is intended to serve as a starting point for citizens in the Bay Area seeking information about the services offered by their local governments.
GovGuide began with a pilot launch for Santa Clara County. This site can be accessed at http://www.govguide.org. Smart Valley plans to expand the guide to include San Mateo County by the beginning of 1998. Expansion to the entire Bay Area is anticipated by the end of 1998. Meanwhile, you can access other government information via abagOnline at http://www.abag.ca.gov
For further information, contact Terry Bursztynsky, Director of ABAG Online, at 510/464-7900 (or
terryb@abag.ca.gov)
Bay Area Council 1998 Outlook Conference
The Bay Area Council will be hosting its 1998 Outlook Conference in San Francisco. The event is a premier business and economic conference.
Friday, January 16, 1998
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Westin St. Francis Hotel
Union Square, San Francisco
Speakers at this event will include John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Chairman, TechNet; Robert Parry, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Bay Area Council Chairman Gary Rogers; and Roger Walther, Chairman & CEO, Tusker Corporation and Co-Founder, American Institute of Foreign Study. The luncheon speaker will be David Ferm, Publisher, Business Week, presenting the national outlook on business. The conference, chaired by Dan Case, CEO, Hambrecht & Quist, will also feature a panel discussion on business investment in education.
Two Websites Now Available to Access Welfare Information
The State Department of Health and Human Services has recently announced that a fact sheet and summary of the draft TANF regulations and text of the regulations are now available online at:
http//:www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/
Also, now available online is the Legal Services of Northern California website providing access to "All County Letters" that the State Department of Social Services sends to local counties to explain how to administer CalWORKs and other welfare changes. You may access this information at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~hn0526/acls.html
Check out this website on waste reduction and recycling:
stopwaste.org
[http://www.stopwaste.org
]
This site is brought to you by the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board.
It offers extensive information about recycling activities throughout Alameda County. It also provides links to numerous other relevant websites across the state and nation, including the California Integrated Waste Management Board [ciwmb.ca.gov].
CUT YOUR TRASH IN HALF!
50% by 2000
Note from the President
The Association of Bay Area Governments
Representing City and County Governments of the San Francisco Bay Area
January 1, 1998
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
As the incoming president of ABAG, I would like to thank Councilmember Charlotte Powers for her dedicated service as president for the past two years. I would also like to welcome Doris Morse as the new vice president.
I look forward to working with the cities and counties around the bay as we endeavor to meet the challenges of the years ahead. Through ABAG, I hope we can be visible and vocal on public policy issues that will impact the Bay Area. I ask you to offer your good ideas as I offer my leadership; and, together, we can make a difference!
Best wishes to you for a productive and positive new year.
Sincerely,
MARY KING
ABAG President and
Alameda County Supervisor
1998
calendarJANUARY
January 15 - 10:00 am
Earthquake Hazards Mapping Committee
MetroCenter Auditorium
January 15 - 5:00 pm
Finance & Personnel Committee
MetroCenter
January 15 - 7:30 pm
Executive Board
MetroCenter Auditorium
January 28 - 10:00 am
ABAG PLAN Corporation Claims Committee
Conference Room B
January 29 - 8:30 am
Short-Term Economic Forecasting Conference
MetroCenter Auditorium
January 30 - 9:30 am
Friends of the San Francisco Estuary
2101 Webster St., 4th Floor, Room 4 b-c
Oakland
FEBRUARY
February 4 - 1:00 pm
Regional Planning Committee
MetroCenter Auditorium
February 4 - 1:30 pm
Delta In-Channel Islands Working Group
State Lands Commission in Sacramento
February 6 - 10:00 am
SFEP Implementation Committee
Location TBA
February 20 - 21 - 9:00 am
Earthquake Retrofitting of Homes - A Training
Class for Instructors
MetroCenter Auditorium
February 24 - 10:00 am
ABAG PLAN Corporation Actuarial/Underwriting Committee
Dublin City Hall, City Managers Conference Rm
100 Civic Plaza, Dublin