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Bay Area League Day Reports and Document Library

We publish a range of issue papers and resource documents.

Bay Area League Day Reports [pdfs]

Bay Area League Day, February 2, 2013: Water: California's Gold 2013
The program for the day and the presenter's power point slides are listed below:
Program for the Day

Presenter & Affiliation Documents

Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee Slides (pdf)

Elizabeth Dougherty, Making Sense of Local Water Management in California Slides(pdf)-- part 1
Slides(pdf)-- part 2

Christina Swanson, Natural Resources Defense Council Slides (pdf)

Maurice Roos, CA Department of Water Resources Slides (pdf)

Felicia Marcus, State Water Resources Control Board Slides (pdf)

Steve Ritchie, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Slides (pdf)

Peter Brostrom, CA Department of Water Resources Slides (pdf)

Adam Scow, Food & Water Watch Slides (pdf)-- part 1
Slides (pdf)-- part 2

Richard Roos Collins, Water and Power Law Group PC Slides (pdf)

Barbara Barrigan- Parrilla, Restore the Delta Slides (pdf)

Bay Area League Day, February 4, 2012: Housing and the Bay Area's Future
The program for the day and the presenter's power point slides and a video of the presentation are listed below:

Program for the Day

Presenter & Affiliation Documents

David Paul Rosen, David Paul Rosen & Associates Video Slides (pdf)

Miriam Chion, Association of Bay Area Governments Video Slides (pdf)

Duane Bay, San Mateo County Video Slides (pdf)

Sam Tepperman-Gelfant, Public Advocates Video

Jack Nagle, Partner, Goldfarb & Lipman LLP Video Slides (pdf)

Linda Mandolini, Eden Housing; Susan Friedland, AHA Video Slides (pdf)

Elaine de Coligny, EveryOne Home Video

Tim Iglesias, USF School of Law Video

Mary Murtagh, EAH Housing Video

Additional League Day 2012 footage available here

League Day January 29, 2011: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Taking it to the Next Level
The program for the day and the presenter's power point slides and a video of the presentation are listed below:

Program for the Day

Presenter & Affiliation Documents

Arthur Rosenfeld - California Energy Commission Slides (pdf) Video

Richard Sinkoff - Port of Oakland's Sustainability Program Slides (pdf) Video

Douglas Herman - Port of Oakland's Materials Recycle Program Slides (pdf) Video (second part)

Jo Zientek - San Jose Zero Waste Program Slides (pdf) Video

Lori Steere, EBMUD Water Recycling Slides (pdf) Video

Jaimie Levin, AC Transit: Alternative Fuel Slides (pdf) Video

Damian Breen, Bay Area Air Quality District Slides (pdf) Video

Nate Ivy, Educator: Community Service, Recycling and Students Slides (pdf) Video

BALD January 30, 2010: Big Steps, Little Steps to Addressing Climate Change
To view presenter's remarks, click on the notes bubble at top left of slide. Not all slides contain a notes bubble.

BALD January 31, 2009: Water: California's New Gold
BALD, January 27, 2006: State of the Bay Symposium

Issue Papers

Issue papers are intended to explore areas that are still somewhat controversial among Bay Area Leagues and murky in regional decision making processes. The perspectives are NOT an attempt to portray a League consensus or to state League positions. Posting on the League Website with the opportunity for continuing discussion may open new paths in the difficult terrain of regional decision making.

Resource Documents

The documents below include a range of reports, addresses, and goal statements: