Governance and Committees
Executive Council
The Comprehensive Plan called for the creation of an Executive Council to provide broad policy direction and have primary responsibility for putting the CCMP into effect. There are five members of the Council:
- Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 9
- Regional Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Office
- Secretary of California EPA
- Secretary of California Resources Agency
- Executive Director of the Association of Bay Area Governments
Implementation Committee
The Implementation Committee works with the Director to coordinate the implementation of the Estuary Blueprint, helps to set priorities for the Partnership’s work, and approves annual work plans and budgets. The Committee is made up of representatives from local/state/federal agencies, business/industry, and environmental organizations. Keith Lichten, Watershed Management Division Chief of the SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, chairs the Committee. The Vice Chair is Amanda Bohl, Special Assistant for Planning and Science for the Delta Stewardship Council .
The IC Operating Procedures are found here.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – IC Meeting Summary 03/19/25
- Attachment 2 – Directors Report 05/21/25
- Attachment 3 – Final FY26 Workplan and Budget
- Attachment 4 – Road Map for 2025 IC Meetings
Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – Meeting Summary 11/06/24
- Attachment 2 – Directors Report 03/19/25
- Attachment 3 – Estuary Blueprint Progress Report 6
- Attachment 4 – FY26 Workplan and Budget
- Attachment 5 – Road Map for 2025 IC Meetings
- Presentation – 2022 San Francisco Estuary Blueprint Report
- Presentation – Regional Shoreline Adaptation Plan
- Presentation – ABAG Resilience Technical Assistance
- Presentation – Draft FY26 Budget and Work Plan
2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 11/14/23 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 02/21/24 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – Operating Procedures and Elections Memo
- Attachment 4 – 02/21/24 Blueprint Progress Report
- Attachment 5 – Draft FY 25 Workplan and Budget
- Attachment 6 – Roadmap for 2024 IC Meetings
- Presentation – Bay Area Greenprint Equity and Resilience Modules
- Presentation – A Lookback at 30 Years of SFEP’s Clean Vessel Act Grant Program, 1994 – 2024
- Presentation – Draft FY 25 Budget and Work Plan (October 1, 2024 –September 30, 2025)
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 02/21/24 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 05/22/24 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – Final FY 25 Workplan & Budget
- Attachment 4 – Implementation Committee Elections Memo
Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 05/22/24 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 08/07/24 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – 08/07/24 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
- Attachment 4 – The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024
- Attachment 5 – Implementation Committee Meetings Road Map 2024
- Presentation – 2022 San Francisco Estuary Blueprint
- Presentation – Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) Update
- Presentation – Prop 4 – California’s Climate Bond
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco and Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 08/07/24 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 11/06/24 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – Creating a More Effective and Actionable Estuary Blueprint Through Integration of Human Dimensions
- Attachment 4 – Memo on Tribal and Environmental Justice Issues in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- Attachment 5 – Road Map for 2025 Implementation Committee Meetings
- Presentation – Creating a More Effective and Actionable Estuary Blueprint Through Integration of Human Dimensions
- Presentation – Tribal and Environmental Justice Issues in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- Presentation – Priority Conservation Area Grant Program 2024 Grant Program Update
- Presentation – Novato Creek Baylands: State Route 37 and Climate Adaptation at the OLU Scale
2023
Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco or Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 11/15/22 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 03/15/23 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – 03/15/23 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
- Attachment 4 – Draft FY24 Workplan and Budget
- Attachment 5 – 2023 IC Meetings Road Map
- Presentation – 03/15/23 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
- Presentation – Draft FY24 Workplan and Budget
- Presentation – SF Basin Plan Climate Change Amendment
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 9:30am-12:30pm (Virtual)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 03/15/23 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 05/17/23 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – 05/17/23 Memo on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Equity Strategy
- Attachment 4 – Final FY24 Workplan and Budget
- Attachment 5 – 2023 IC Meetings Road Map
- Presentation – Sea Level Rise Adaptation Funding and Investment Network
- Presentation – Priority Conservation Area Framework Refresh
- Presentation – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Year 2 Workplan and Equity Strategy
Wednesday, August 16 2023 (Virtual)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 05/17/23 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 08/16/23 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – 08/16/23 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
- Attachment 4 – 2023 IC Meetings Road Map
- Presentation – 2022 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
- Presentation – Nature-based Solutions for Nutrient Management
- Presentation – Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Project
Tuesday, November 14 2023 (Virtual)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 08/16/23 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 11/14/23 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – Water Quality Control Plan IC Memo
- Attachment 4 – NBS Regulatory Pathways White Paper
- Attachment 5 – EPA Priority List DRAFT
- Attachment 6 – Road Map for 2024 IC Meetings
- Presentation – Delta Residents Survey
- Presentation – Overview of Draft Staff Report for Sacramento/Delta Update to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan (Bay-Delta Plan)
- Presentation – Regulatory Pathways for Nature-based Solutions
- Presentation – San Francisco Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2024 Draft Annual Priority List
2022
Tuesday, January 25 2022, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (Remote) – SPECIAL MEETING
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 2022 Estuary Blueprint
- Presentation – 2022 Estuary Blueprint
- Presentation – 2016 Estuary Blueprint Final Report
Wednesday, March 16 2022, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 11/16/21 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 01/25/22 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 3 – 03/16/22 Director’s Report
- Attachment 4 – Estuary Blueprint Memo
- Attachment 5 – 2022 Estuary Blueprint (Final Draft)
- Attachment 6a – Draft FY 23 Workplan and Budget
- Attachment 6b – Draft FY23 Workplan and Budget (PDF)
- Attachment 7 – 2022 Meetings Roadmap
Wednesday, May 18 2022, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco or Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 03/16/22 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 05/18/22 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – FY 23 Workplan and Budget
- Attachment 4a – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Memo
- Attachment 4b – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Proposed Five Year Strategy and Year One Workplan
- Attachment 5 – San Leandro Bay/Oakland-Alameda Estuary Adaptation Working Group
- Attachment 6 – Estuary Blueprint Update
- Attachment 7 – 2022 Meeting Roadmap
Wednesday, August 17 2022, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco or Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – 05/18/22 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 2 – 08/17/22 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – 2022 Meetings Roadmap
- Attachment 4 – Estuary Blueprint Release
- Attachment 5 – SFBJV Overview and Restoring the Estuary 2022
Tuesday, November 15 2022, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (MetroCenter, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco or Remote)
- Agenda
- Attachment 1a – 08/17/2022 Meeting Summary
- Attachment 1b – Meeting Slides
- Attachment 2 – 11/15/2022 Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – 11/15/2022 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
- Attachment 4a – Memo on Estuary News
- Attachment 4b – Estuary News Presentation
- Attachment 5 – 2023 Meetings Roadmap
- Attachment 6 – Disadvantaged Communities and Tribal Involvement Program (DACTIP) Regional Needs Assessment Slides
2021
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (REMOTE)
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 11/17/2020 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – March 2021 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
Attachment 4 – 2022 Estuary Blueprint Update Memo
Attachment 5 – Draft FY 22 Workplan and Budget
Presentation – Draft Workplan and Budget
Attachment 6 – 2021 Meetings Roadmap
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (REMOTE)
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 03/17/2021 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – May 2021 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
Attachment 4 – Final FY 22 Workplan and Budget
Attachment 5 – 2021 Meetings Roadmap
Thursday, August 26, 2021 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (REMOTE)
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 05/19/21 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – 2016 Estuary Blueprint Update
Attachment 4 – Estuary Blueprint Update Memo
Attachment 5 – 2021 Meetings Roadmap
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (REMOTE)
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 08/26/21 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2a – Director’s Report
Attachment 2b – Estuary News SOE Summit Feature
Attachment 3 – 2022 Meetings Roadmap
Presentation – Estuary Blueprint Update
2020
Wednesday, March 18 2020 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 11/06/19 Strategic Planning Workshop Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – Draft FY 20-21 Workplan and Budget
Presentation – FY 20-21 Workplan and Budget
Attachment 4 – Estuary News Background
Attachment 5 – Chair/Vice Chair Nominations Memo
Attachment 6 – Strategic Planning Workshop Outcomes and Recommendations
Presentation – 11/06/19 IC Strategic Planning Workshop Overview
Attachment 7 – 2020 Meetings Roadmap
Wednesday, May 20 2020 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 03/18/2020 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – May 2020 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
Attachment 4 – FY 21 Workplan and Budget
Attachment 5 – 2020 Meetings Roadmap
Wednesday, August 26 2020 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 05/20/2020 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – August 2020 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
Presentation – Integrated Regional Water Management Program
Attachment 4 – Estuary Blueprint Update Progress Memo
Presentation – Blueprint Progress Report
Attachment 5 – 2020 Meetings Roadmap
Wednesday, November 18 2020 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 08/26/2020 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – November 2020 Estuary Blueprint Progress Report
Attachment 4 – 2021 Meetings Roadmap
Agenda Item#5 Presentations:
Rachael Hartofelis, Association of Bay Area Governments/Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Jessica Fain, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Harriet Ross, Delta Stewardship Council
2019
Wednesday, March 06 2019
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 11/07/18 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3– Blueprint Status Report
Attachment 4 – FY20 Draft Workplan
Attachment 5– Meeting Road Map
Wednesday, May 15 2019
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 03/06/19 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – Blueprint Status Report
Attachment 4 – Final FY20 Workplan
Attachment 5 – Meeting Road Map
Wednesday, August 21 2019
Agenda
Attachment 1 – 05/15/19 Meeting Summary
Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
Attachment 3 – Blueprint Progress Report
Attachment 4 – New Member Memo
Attachment 5 – Communications Plan Update
Attachment 6 – Meeting Road Map
Wednesday, November 6 2019
Strategic Planning Workshop Agenda
Blueprint Action Status Sheets
2018
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
1515 Clay Street, Room 11 Oakland
Individual Attachments:
- Agenda
- Attachment 1
- Attachment 2
- Attachment 3
- Attachment 4
- Attachment 5
- Attachment 6
- Attachment 7
- Item 9 – SFEI OLU Presentation
- Item 9 – SFEI Action 1 Presentation
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Bay Area Metro Center 375 Beale Street, Yerba Buena Room (Lobby) San Francisco
Individual Attachments:
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
1515 Clay Street Oakland
Individual Attachments:
- Agenda
- Attachment 1
- Attachment 2
- Attachment 3
- Attachment 4
- Item 6 – 2019 SotER Presentation
- Item 6 – Horizon Initiative Presentation
- Item 7 – GARE Presentation
2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
2016
March 2, 2016
May 18, 2016
- Agenda and the smaller attachments; larger attachments below
- Final FY 17 Work Plan and Budget
- CCMP
- Meeting Summary
August 24, 2016
November 2, 2016
2015
March 3, 2015
May 27, 2015
August 26, 2015
November 17, 2015
2014
March 5, 2014
May 21, 2014
August 27, 2014
November 18, 2014
2013
March 6, 2013
- Draft Meeting Summary
- REVISED 2013-2014 Workplan
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – Meeting Summary for November 28, 2012
- Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – Strategic Plan proposed final draft (PDF, 5.1 MB, recommend downloading before printing.)
- Attachment 4 – 2013/14 EPA Workplan – Tentative Final Draft
- Attachment 5 – 2013 IC Meetings Road Map
May 22, 2013
- Agenda
- Attachment 1 – Meeting Summary for March 6, 2013
- Attachment 2 – Director’s Report
- Attachment 3 – Strategic Plan proposed final draft
- Attachment 4 – 2013 -14 IC Meetings Road Map
- Krebs – IRWM Plan Update
- Meeting Summary
August 28, 2013
November 20, 2013
2012
March 7, 2012
May 23, 2012
August 22, 2012
November 28, 2012
February 23, 2011
May 25, 2011
August 24, 2011
November 2, 2011
Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board – Pat Eklund (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Audubon California – Casey Skinner (primary), Andrea Jones (alternate)
Bay Area Clean Water Agencies Association – Lorien Fono (primary), Jackie Zipkin (alternate)
Bay Area Council – Adrian Covert (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Bay Area Flood Protection Agencies Association – Tess Byler (primary), Carlos Diaz (alternate)
Bay Area Municipal Stormwater Collaborative – Reid Bogert (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Bay Planning Coalition – Laura Tam (primary), Cameron Carr (alternate)
California State Coastal Conservancy – Jessica Davenport (Primary), Linda Tong (Alternate)
California State Department of Fish and Wildlife – Erin Chappell (primary), Stephanie Fong (alternate)
California State Department of Water Resources – Lindsay Correa (primary), John Andrew (alternate)
California State Natural Resources Agency – Jenn Eckerle (primary), Sreeja Gopal (alternate)
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board – Adam Laputz (primary), Alisha Wenzel (alternate)
Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge – Arthur Feinstein (primary), Karin High (alternate)
Delta Conservancy – Campbell Ingram (primary), Karen Buhr (alternate)
Delta Stewardship Council – Amanda Bohl (Vice Chair), Vacant (alternate)
East Bay Regional Park District – Vacant (primary), Chris Barton (alternate)
Environmental Justice – Vacant (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Friends of the Estuary – Paula Trigueros (primary), Rick Morat (alternate)
Local Government – Melody Tovar, City of Sunnyvale (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Marin Audubon – Barbara Salzman (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Metropolitan Transportation Commission – Matt Maloney (Primary), Vacant (Alternate)
Natural Resources Conservation Service – Alyson Aquino (primary), Jackie Charbonneau (alternate)
Natural Resources Defense Council – Kate Poole (primary), Vacant (alternate)
NOAA Fisheries – Sara Azat (primary), Gary Stern (alternate)
NOAA Office for Coastal Management/Sentinel Site Cooperative – Rebecca Smyth (primary), Melis Okter (alternate)
Pacific Gas and Electric – Vacant (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Resource Conservation Districts – Lucas Patzek (Napa RCD) (primary), Kellyx Nelson (San Mateo RCD) (alternate)
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission – Jessica Fain (primary), Vacant (alternate)
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture – Kelly McCune (primary), Nikki Roach (alternate)
San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve – Stuart Siegel (primary), Vacant (alternate)
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board – Keith Lichten (Chair) (primary), Vacant (alternate)
San Francisco Estuary Institute – Warner Chabot (primary), Vacant (alternate)
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission – Jane Lavelle (primary), Vacant (alternate)
Save San Francisco Bay – David Lewis (primary), Allison Chan (alternate)
Sonoma County Water Agency – Jessica Martini-Lamb (primary), Vacant (alternate)
US Army Corps of Engineers – Hannah Fertel (primary), Elizabeth Campbell (alternate)
US Environmental Protection Agency – Luisa Valiela (primary), Vacant (alternate)
US Fish and Wildlife Service – Chris Barr (primary), Vacant (alternate)