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Alameda County endorses five Priority Conservation Area nominations for ABAG consideration
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted July 10 to endorse five Priority Conservation Area nominations to the Association of Bay Area Governments, authorizing staff to submit materials by ABAG's July 25 deadline; staff stressed the designations are nonregulatory and grant-funded projects require willing landowners.
Alameda County officials voted July 10 to endorse five Priority Conservation Area (PCA) nominations for submission to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG).
Planning staff described PCAs as nonregulatory designations intended to highlight areas for biodiversity, climate resilience and recreational funding. Allie Abbers of the county planning department told the board that PCA status does not change zoning or grant ABAG regulatory authority over private property and that ABAG grant rules require willing landowners for any acquisitions or on‑land projects.
The nominations before the…
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