While unreinforced masonry buildings have been retrofitted in San Francisco, a recent Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) study found that thousands of Bay Area residents are still living in soft-story dwellings that have not been retrofitted.
He administered property loss and personal injury claims for and against the Town, coordinating between Town departments and the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Last year, the number of housing permits issued in the nine Bay Area counties dropped 24 percent, to 22,843 from an average of 29,978 issued annually from 1999 through 2006, according to the Association of Bay Area Governments.
I transitioned from working as a urban planner into the Internet realm while I was working at the Association of Bay Area Governments in Oakland about 10 years ago.
