At its monthly meeting on December 19, 2018, MTC voted to authorize Commission Chair Jake Mackenzie to sign on to the CASA Compact. The ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) Executive Board will consider the CASA Compact at its January 17, 2019, meeting. 

Taking a bold step to ease the Bay Area’s persistent shortage of affordable housing, MTC last week established a $76 million grant program known as the Housing Incentive Pool.

Governor Brown acted on bills for the final time on September 30, signing into law five housing-related bills that will affect housing production and zoning requirements in the Bay Area, while vetoing two seismic safety bills.

What projects, people or programs are making a real difference to solve the Bay Area’s housing and transportation problems?

New data released last week by the MTC and ABAG as part of the agencies’ Vital Signs performance-monitoring initiative show the nine-county Bay Area’s housing stock increased by only 14,900 new units in 2017.

MTC today committed $10 million to establish a new revolving loan fund known as the Bay Area Preservation Pilot Fund.

Approximately $386 million in federal funds are set to go to 180 transportation projects in 95 jurisdictions across all nine Bay Area Counties through the One Bay Area Grant 2 (OBAG 2) County Program.

MTC and ABAG are excited to announce the launch of the The Bay Link, a joint blog that will provide news, views and analysis on topics of regional interest.

Governor Brown today signed the 15-bill housing package passed by the California Legislature earlier this month.

A suite of housing bills intended to begin addressing the state’s chronic housing shortage are now on the governor's desk.