Join the San Francisco Public Press for a conversation about climate change and sea level rise at a launch party for Issue No. 21, featuring a special report about recent changes in state and local regulations for waterfront development. Officials and developers in San Francisco and other Bay Area cities are actively promoting large developments in zones that are likely to flood in coming decades, despite dire warnings from climate scientists. This investigation follows on a Public Press report from 2015 that identified more than two-dozen sites around the bay likely to be under water by 2100 according to consensus projections for sea level rise. Thanks to Book Passage for hosting this event at its Ferry Building location, which offers a perfect perspective on San Francisco's threatened waterfront and its uncertain future.
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