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Join me & SPUR next week in SF, SJ, and Oakland for the launch of our ballot guide!

To celebrate the release of the SPUR Voter Guide on October 8th, Ballots & Brews is back! This beloved tradition will provide you with clear insights and SPUR's stance on the issues relevant to our policy areas. Grab your ballot and your brew, and join our policy staff in San Francisco, San José, and Oakland as we discuss the local and state measures on the November 5 ballot that impact each city. Register below for your free ticket! 🔽🗳️✅ San Francisco: https://lnkd.in/ghmST-tx San José: https://lnkd.in/gFZNZmzp Oakland: https://lnkd.in/gQHRaYvC

Thank you for sharing a bit of your story with us and the SPUR community, Silas!

To celebrate the release of the SPUR Voter Guide on October 8th, Ballots & Brews is back! This beloved tradition will provide you with clear insights and SPUR's stance on the issues relevant to our policy areas. Grab your ballot and your brew, and join our policy staff in San Francisco, San José, and Oakland as we discuss the local and state measures on the November 5 ballot that impact each city. Register below for your free ticket! 🔽🗳️✅ San Francisco: https://lnkd.in/ghmST-tx San José: https://lnkd.in/gFZNZmzp Oakland: https://lnkd.in/gQHRaYvC

We have received so many compliments on the beautiful cover illustration that Sam Rodriguez created for the latest issue of our SPUR Member magazine, The Urbanist. Thank you, Sam!

Thank you to David A. Friedman and Paulette Meyer — Crown sponsors of the 2024 Silver SPUR Awards. We are so grateful for your support. Interested in attending or sponsoring the Silver SPUR Awards? Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gGuKzfV

Groundwater rise is one of the biggest risks for communities near the Bay. Eleanor R. of The Almanac summarizes the findings of Sarah Atkinson’s report on the topic ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gfRA2a5q

We are excited to share our newly published report, 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸: 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘰 — 𝘈 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by Sarah Atkinson. As Bay Area policymakers plan for the impacts of sea level rise, they have an opportunity and duty to address another emerging climate change hazard: groundwater rise. Doing so will reduce and avoid significant human health and economic impacts. Without adaptation measures, groundwater rise in the Bay Area’s low-lying communities will exacerbate flooding events, damage belowground infrastructure, mobilize contaminants at legacy industrial sites, and increase the risk of building damage in an earthquake. SPUR’s latest report identifies how rising groundwater is likely to affect one Bay Area city: East Palo Alto. SPUR partnered with community-based organization Nuestra Casa and examined recent scientific studies to learn more about the threat and potential policy responses. The report explains specific risks and offers five recommendations — all applicable to other Bay shore cities. Some key takeaways: 1️⃣ East Palo Alto and other low-lying Bay shore communities will feel the impacts of groundwater rise long before sea level rise causes overland flooding. 2️⃣ Efforts to lessen those impacts should be part of state, regional, and local plans for sea level rise adaptation, infrastructure upgrades, and contaminated site remediation. 3️⃣ Strategies need to be equity-focused: like other climate change risks, groundwater rise is likely to be most severe in low-income communities of color already by industrial pollution, aging infrastructure, and housing affordability. To read the full report visit https://lnkd.in/ditZCmfw

In this Q&A, SPUR's Hazard Resilience Senior Policy Manager Sarah Atkinson discusses the perils of not addressing groundwater rise, the specific impacts that East Palo Alto may experience, and the importance of partnering with community organizations like Nuestra Casa. Link in comments. 🔗⬇️

How are you re-imagining the region? Join the conversation at the Silver SPUR Awards on October 24, 2024. SPUR has invited a curated group of ten partners to participate in a visual storytelling project, to be shown at the Silver SPUR Awards networking reception. Inspired by SPUR's Regional Strategy, each partner has been asked to share how they are re-imagining our region — covering topics like transportation, housing, sustainability and resilience, and how we can create cities and shared spaces that foster a sense of belonging. Be there to join the conversation. Tickets and sponsorships are still available at spur.org/silverspur