By Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocate In June, voters in all nine Bay Area counties will vote on the Clean and Healthy Bay ballot measure, which would authorize a $12 parcel tax to restore and protect the Bay. Committee for Green Foothills has endorsed this ballot measure, and we hope all our supporters will encourage everyone...
Tag: flood protection
Post
“Living Levees”: Protecting Against Sea Level Rise by Restoring Wetlands
By Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocate How should you design a levee? Most people would answer that levees are intended for flood protection, and that bare or nearly bare earthen embankments, with water on one side and land on the other, do the job. The levees we are most familiar with in the Bay Area are...