Published: November, 2007 Creates New Transportation Authority, Grants $250 Million to Prepare for Disasters and Build BART on the Bay On October 15, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law the Bay Area Council-sponsored Senate Bill 976 (Torlakson, D-Antioch). SB 976 creates the Bay Area’s first new transportation authority of the 21st Century, the Bay Area Water […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: December, 2016 Growth in high-value agricultural shipments is driving a containerized export boom at the Port of Oakland. The port released new figures last month showing sizable increases in fruit, nut and meat exports destined primarily for Asia. The agricultural surge has lifted Oakland total export volume 10 percent […]
By Alessandro Baccari Published: November, 2001 San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf has a spruced-up, new look thanks to the success of a pilot project to clean and beautify 32 blocks of the Wharf’s commercial area. Over 100 city workers representing the Department of Public Works, the Port of San Francisco, Department of Parking & Traffic, Department […]
