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Sustainability and Resilience

We believe: The region should be environmentally just, carbon-neutral,
and resilient to climate change and earthquakes.

Our Goals

鈥 Decarbonize buildings.

鈥 Make the region resilient to sea level rise and other climate-driven natural disasters.

鈥 Improve communities鈥 resilience to earthquakes.

transect of a bayshore neighborhood with ground water beneath the soil

黑料传送门Report

Look Out Below

Bay Area cities planning for sea level rise need to address another emerging hazard: groundwater rise. Our case study on East Palo Alto offers recommendations applicable to other vulnerable communities along the San Francisco Bay shore.
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transect of a bayshore neighborhood with ground water beneath the soil

黑料传送门Report

Look Out Below

Bay Area cities planning for sea level rise need to address another emerging hazard: groundwater rise. Our case study on East Palo Alto offers recommendations applicable to other vulnerable communities along the San Francisco Bay shore.
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illustration of houses plugging into the electricity grid

黑料传送门Report

Closing the Electrification Affordability Gap

New Bay Area regulations are ushering in a transition from polluting gas furnaces and water heaters to zero-emissions electric heat pumps. SPUR鈥檚 action plan shows how to make this transition affordable for low-income households.
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illustration of houses plugging into the electricity grid

黑料传送门Report

Closing the Electrification Affordability Gap

New Bay Area regulations are ushering in a transition from polluting gas furnaces and water heaters to zero-emissions electric heat pumps. SPUR鈥檚 action plan shows how to make this transition affordable for low-income households.
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Initiative

Ocean Beach Master Plan

San Francisco's Ocean Beach faces significant challenges. 黑料传送门led a public process to develop a comprehensive vision to address sea level rise, protect infrastructure, restore coastal ecosystems, and improve public access.
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photo of Ocean Beach in San Francisco

Initiative

Ocean Beach Master Plan

San Francisco's Ocean Beach faces significant challenges. 黑料传送门led a public process to develop a comprehensive vision to address sea level rise, protect infrastructure, restore coastal ecosystems, and improve public access.
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historic photo of houses damaged in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Initiative

The Resilient City

We know that another major earthquake will strike San Francisco 鈥 we just don鈥檛 know when. SPUR's Resilient City Initiative recommends steps the city should take before, during, and after the next big quake.
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historic photo of houses damaged in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Initiative

The Resilient City

We know that another major earthquake will strike San Francisco 鈥 we just don鈥檛 know when. SPUR's Resilient City Initiative recommends steps the city should take before, during, and after the next big quake.
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Updates and Events

Alameda County Joins a Growing Movement to Buy Better Food

News /
Alameda County correctional facilities spend more than $20 million annually on food, but until recently there was no way to evaluate whether these purchases lived up to county鈥檚 values. This changed last month, when the Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved the Good Food Purchasing policy to see how well their food purchasing supports a healthy, local, sustainable and fair food supply chain.

The Economic Contributions of Expanding Healthy Food Incentives

Research /
Broad expansions of healthy food incentives would provide powerful economic benefits 鈥 for families, grocers, and farmers, as well as more broadly among the state economies where incentive programs are expanded. The findings in this study demonstrate that state and federal policymakers would be wise to double down on their support for these programs.

Where Do We Go From Here? 黑料传送门Sets New Vision and Long-Range Goals

News /
With vaccines rolling out and stable national leadership in place, we can trust that we will, eventually, reemerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. The question now is: Reemerge into what? To return to 鈥渘ormal鈥 would be to reembrace a way of living that was neither sustainable nor equitable. To meet this moment, 黑料传送门has articulated a bold vision statement and evolved our organizational mission.

黑料传送门leads Bay Area coalition in support of state legislation streamlining sustainable development

Advocacy Letter /
黑料传送门supports Senate Bill 7, the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021, which would extend for four years the end date of the AB 900 Environmental Leadership Development Projects program. This provides expedited CEQA administrative and judicial review for projects with a minimum investment of $100 million that are certified LEED Gold or better and more.
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