FOCUS is about working together: regional agencies, local governments, and communities collaborating to protect and improve the quality of life in the Bay Area. In the FOCUS process, local governments are partnering with regional agencies to create a development and conservation strategy for the San Francisco Bay Area. FOCUS unites the efforts of four regional agencies into a single program that encourages future growth in areas near transit and within the communities that surround the San Francisco Bay. Concentrating housing in these areas offers housing and transportation choices for all residents, while helping to reduce traffic, protect the environment, and enhance existing neighborhoods.

As part of FOCUS, local governments have identified Priority Development Areas and Priority Conservation Areas. Only willing jurisdictions receive priority area designations. These areas have been identified based on criteria that are consistent with the Bay Area's regional goals.

Regional agencies will support local governments' commitment to these goals by working to direct existing and future incentives to these priority areas. With broad agreement on a common direction, we can then take tangible steps that together better serve the Bay Area and its future.

FOCUS is led by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), with support from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). It is partially funded by a Blueprint Grant from the State of California Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency. For more details about FOCUS, take a look at our informational handout.