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Consider the appointment of one Board member to serve on Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments' CASA the Committee to House the Bay Area Legislative Task Force
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors appoint one Board member to serve on Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments' CASA the Committee to House the Bay Area Legislative Task Force.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Solano County received the attached letter from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the ABAG Executive Board (ABAG) inviting the Board of Supervisors to appoint one representative and the Solano County City Selection Committee to appoint two representatives to serve on the CASA (The Committee to House the Bay Area) Legislative Task Force (Task Force).
As stated in the letter, an effort was led by ABAG and MTC to bring together a blue-ribbon panel of local elected officials, housing experts, and leaders from across the Bay Area who worked together for almost two years to build an actionable consensus around (1) increasing housing production at all levels of affordability, (2) preserving existing affordable housing, and (3) protecting vulnerable populations from housing instability and displacement. This group named itself CASA, the Committee to House the Bay Area, and the compact the group committed to each other can be found online at https://mtc.ca.gov/casa.
Both the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the ABAG Executive Board have authorized their respective Chair and President to sign the compact. In addition, the ABAG Executive Board directed the formation of a task force of elected officials from Bay Area cities and counties to follow, become informed and to engage in the legislative process that is essential for the CASA compact to be implemented. Si...
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