Be Prepared Gilroy: A Community Disaster Preparedness Toolkit
Your go-to guide with key resources and a roadmap to community disaster resilience.
Research
The Critical Role of Greenbelts in Wildfire Resilience
The Bay Area is at a tipping point in its relationship to wildfire. There is huge potential for the region, and other places across the Western US, to accelerate greenbelts as critical land-use tools to bolster wildfire resilience.
White Paper: Coyote Valley & Groundwater Protection
Coyote Valley plays a crucial role in recharging the San Jose’s groundwater resources. It’s incredibly important to protect this piece of essential green infrastructure from potential contamination.
At Risk: The Bay Area Greenbelt 2017
Over six years, we cut the region’s land at risk of development by 20%. But in the hottest housing market in decades, are the Bay Area’s growth policies and plans still stopping sprawl? We have the answer.
HomeGrown: Tools for Local Farms and Ranches
This report explores creative tools and strategies that are working around the Bay Area and beyond to support local agriculture.
Fixing the Foundation: Local Solutions for Infill Housing
This report identifies the top 10 barriers to infill housing across 12 Bay Area cities and provides local solutions for overcoming these barriers.
Public Benefit Bonus Policy Brief
This report addresses how public benefits bonus policies allow for specific incentives or bonuses to be granted to a developer in exchange for benefits or amenities for the community.
Complete Streets Audit and Community Engagement
This block-by-block audit of the West San Carlos Street and Bascom Avenue corridors in San Jose is a perfect case study for why complete streets are needed by communities.
At Risk: The Bay Area Greenbelt 2012
The definitive research on the state of the Bay Area’s open space, finds that more than 322,000 acres—10 times the size of San Francisco—remain at risk of development.
Strategies for Fiscally Sustainable Infill Housing
To achieve the goal of more infill homes, a city must balance costs and revenues. This report with the Center for Community Innovation describes how cities can raise revenue from housing development.
Sustaining Our Agricultural Bounty
This report with Sustainable Agriculture Education and American Farmland Trust finds an agricultural industry struggling in the global marketplace, but thriving through local markets and agritourism.
Green Your City’s Blueprint
This toolkit provides local advocates with clear instructions to change a general plan to be more climate-friendly and outlines the tools needed to succeed.
Miles From Home
While Marin’s economy has shifted to retail and service sector jobs, it has not been matched by the creation of homes priced for moderate-wage workers.
North Redwood Boulevard
North Redwood Boulevard: Room for Residents and Retail makes the case for a strategic mix of housing and retail in Novato’s downtown.
Planning for Better Health
Read how smart land-use planning can foster healthy lifestyles with specific examples from San Jose and Santa Clara County.