Location
You are invited!
Each Bay Area local League is eligible to send two voting delegates to the Biennial Council. All are welcome to attend, however, only voting delegates may vote as needed.
We are pleased to announce that Daniel Saver, Deputy Executive Director of Housing and Energy for MTC/ABAG, will be the Keynote Speaker at the LWVBA Council 2025. He will provide an update on the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA), established in 2019 to address the region’s housing affordability crisis. His presentation will offer an overview of BAHFA’s strategic planning process, including its timeline and opportunities for public engagement. Looking ahead, summer 2026 will be a critical juncture as BAHFA prepares for a potential regional housing measure.
Please note: No new positions will be adopted during this Council, as those are typically considered during convention.
Agenda
Welcome/Meeting Guidelines
Speaker – Daniel Saver, Deputy Executive Director of Housing and Energy for MTC/ABAG
Priority for 2025/2026 – Developing a New Website and Budget Update – Discussion lead by Co-president Marieann Shovlin
Don’t miss the opportunity to tell the LWVBA board what you need in a website serving the 20 local Leagues in the 9-county Bay Area.
Program/Issues of Emphasis
The following was approved by delegates to the LWVBA Biennial Convention 2024:
The Board of LWV Bay Area recommends the following
Issues of Emphasis for 2024-2026.
- Support the implementation of sustainable, integrated regional governing policies and practices that recognize the interdependence of environmental, social; health, and economic impacts, and provide for long term protection of natural and social resources.
- Advocate how agencies address the interrelated regional issues of housing, transportation, conservation of natural and agricultural landscapes, climate change/sea level rise, social and health community equity, in a truly integrated and holistic fashion.
- Extend Regional Government and Planning Study one year position consensus building with Leagues.
Updates on LWVBA Activities Supporting Program/Issues of Emphasis - presented by Co-presidents Marieann Shovlin and Roma Dawson and other LWVBA Board Members.
Regional Government and Regional Planning Status Report – presented by Study Committee Chair Kathleen Cha.
LWVBA Study Group Recommendation:
Extend Regional Government and Regional Planning Positions update study until LWVBA Biennial Convention 2026 to honor the request of 20 Bay Area Leagues to ensure time for their informed review and recommendations regarding proposed updated positions and proposals.
As part of this process, a study kit will be distributed by August 1, 2025, to Bay Area Leagues to assist in their League decision-making review meetings. The deadline for Review input will be February 27, 2026. Review recommendations will be incorporated into final positions that will go before LWVBA Board for approval and be ratified by League delegates during LWVBA biennial convention in 2026.
LWVBA Activities for 2025-2026
Good of the Order – Your opportunity to make comments/suggestions
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Submit your questions and comments in advance to lwvbayarea [at] gmail.com (subject: League%20Day%20Question) ().
