save the bay - Sustainable Fairfax

Sustainable Fairfax endorses Measure AA to improve the overall health of the bay and to help protect our communities from sea level rise, a very real and imminent threat to surrounding infrastructure.

Measure AA is a $12-per-year parcel tax on the June 7, 2016 ballot in all nine Bay Area counties that would generate $500 million over 20 years for critical tidal marsh restoration projects around San Francisco Bay. These restoration projects will improve the bay’s water quality, restore a healthy habitat for fish, birds and wildlife and protect against sea level rise. We believe it is most efficient to address these issues at the regional level, so that the governing board can make decisions to fund projects in each county that will have the greatest impact on the the San Francisco Bay as a whole.

Read the full text of the measure and impartial analysis here.

If passed by 2/3 of the total Bay Area voters casting ballots in the June election, Measure AA funds would be provided as grants to restoration projects throughout the Bay Area. See a map and list of potential projects Measure AA would fund here.

Measure AA has been placed on the ballot by the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority after six years of public hearings and research. The Authority’s governing board of elected officials from throughout the Bay Area would provide and administer project grants from Measure AA funds, with input from many community members on its Advisory Committee, and oversight from an Independent Citizens Oversight Committee. Learn more about the Restoration Authority here:www.SFBayRestore.org

The Time to Lead on Climate coalition will present an educational forum on “Saving the Bay from Climate Change” on Monday, April 25, 7-9 pm, at the San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St. in San Rafael.

The forum will address how Bay Area residents can meet the rapidly growing challenge of sea level rise and its impact on San Francisco Bay. It will include discussion of the Clean and Healthy Bay Measure AA appearing on the June 7 ballot. Dr. Stephen Crooks, a UN Climate Delegate and contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will start the evening by describing “The insistent science of sea level rise—and its solutions.” Bay Area Council Policy Director Adrian Covert will address “The economic threat of rising tides,” and Marin City Community Services District Chair Nancy Johnson will explain how “We’re all at risk.” Save the Bay Executive Director David Lewis will conclude with an overview of “Measure AA, the Bay and our identity.”

Yes on Measure AA to Protect Against Sea Level Rise

Saving the Bay from Climate Change- April 25

The Time to Lead on Climate coalition will present an educational forum on “Saving the Bay from Climate Change” on Monday, April 25, 7-9 pm, at the San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St. in San Rafael.

Marin Supervisor and Bay Conservation and Development Commissioner Kate Sears will moderate, and there will be audience Q&A.

RSVP for assured seating at www.leadonclimate.org. $10 donation appreciated, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Time to Lead on Climate is a coalition of three dozen leading environmental and social action groups, including Sustainable Fairfax.