Plan Bay Area is the nine bay area counties' response to 2008 CA Senate Bill 375, which requires that all metropolitan areas in California develop a sustainable communities plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through transportation and land-use planning.
Come and comment on the three alternative scenarios that have been developed by ABAG and the MTC:
Sonoma County Open House
Monday, June 13, from 6:00-8:00pm
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts - Grand Lobby, 50 Mark West Springs Road
If you cannot attend, you may submit comments online and read information at planbayarea.org.
Information from the League of Women Voters:
“Plan Bay Area,” adopted in 2013, lays out a groundbreaking vision for how the Bay Area should grow. It calls for creating sustainable, affordable communities and protecting our region’s iconic natural and agricultural landscapes from sprawl development. The plan must be updated every four years, and the update process puts some fundamental questions on the table:
- How should our cities and towns grow?
- How important is it to protect our open spaces?
- What more is needed to make sure our communities grow in the best way possible?
To inform these decisions, ABAG (Assoc. of Bay Area Governments) and MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) have just released three scenarios—alternative ways the Bay Area could grow over the next generation. Included are initial findings about how those scenarios would help or hurt a variety of goals such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving public health, increasing housing affordability, and reducing the displacement of low-income residents. Elements from the three scenarios will be combined into a single “preferred scenario” that will form the blueprint for the updated Plan Bay Area.