Glossary > Public Agencies (16 entries)
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Regional planning agency and local government service provider for the nine Bay Area counties; members are city and county governments; www.abag.ca.gov
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Regional agency that regulates sources of air pollution within the Bay Area; board comprised of mayors, supervisors, and councilmembers; www.baaqmd.gov
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Performs and supervises specialized research and policy development; has jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to San Francisco Bay, including fill and other development within 100 feet inland from high tide line; ...
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Established by State Legislature in 1967 to attain and maintain healthy air quality; to conduct research into the causes and solutions to pollution; and to address pollution caused by motor vehicles; ...
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Manages California’s highways; provides inter-city rail services; and permits public-use airports and hospital heliports through its primary programs in aeronautics, highway transportation, mass transportation, transportation planning, and administration/equipment service; www.dot.ca.gov
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Provides habitat preservation and protection for native fish, plant species, and wildlife throughout the state, including the Albany State Marine Reserve and other aquatic communities in the Bay Delta region; www.dfg.ca.gov ...
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Responsible for wetlands restoration, preservation, acquisition and educational exposure for the state; majority owner of Eastshore State Park, coordinates management with the East Bay Regional Park District; www.parks.ca.gov
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Seven-member commission, appointed by the governor and charged with protecting the betting public through pari-mutuel wagering regulation, maximizing state tax revenues and promoting horse racing and breeding industries; formed in 1933, ...
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Charter city with five-member elected council; located north of Berkeley and south of Richmond, CA ; approximately 17,000 residents; www.albanyca.org
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Governed by elected board of directors, each representing geographic areas in Contra Costa and Alameda counties; manages more than 98,000 acres of parks; has minority share of Eastshore State Park, which ...
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Publicly-owned utility, seven-member, elected board of directors from Alameda and Contra Costa counties; provides wastewater treatment; supplies water; controls water connections for development at waterfront; www.ebmud.com
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Formed by President Carter’s fusion of fragmented disaster relief departments; responsible for preventing, ameliorating, and coordinating recovery from all man-made and natural domestic disasters, including floods www.fema.gov
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Transportation planning, coordinating, and financing agency for the nine-county Bay Area; responsible for amending and advancing regional transportation plan; governed by 19-member policy board, composed primarily of commissioners appointed by locally-elected ...
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Reviews development plans to ensure they do not impair water quality; www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay
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Coordinates energy resources, hazard management, oil spill prevention; administers Public Trust easement rights on California shoreline; and ensures that development plans are consistent with Public Trust guidelines; members include lieutenant governor, ...
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Provides engineering services (e.g. ecosystem restoration and clean-up of contamination from military activity); implements Clean Water Act; has jurisdiction over navigable waters including SF Bay; www.usace.army.mil
