Adaptation and Resilience Technical Assistance Program

Transforming Shorelines Collaborative

A nature-based solutions community of practice for the San Francisco Bay. Get engaged – sign up for updates.

News and Updates

Please join us at an upcoming in-person meeting hosted by the Transforming Shorelines Collaborative focused on Cultivating Elected Official Enagement for your sea level rise projects. This interactive, in-person workshop will familiarize participants with best practices for communicating with decisionmakers. We will highlight the crucial role that decisionmakers can play in advancing shoreline resilience projects and introduce participants to strategies and techniques for cultivating these relationships. Participants will get to hear from Save The Bay staff, and a guest elected official ; they’ll also get the chance to practice with one another.  

When: February 20, 2026 9:30-12:30 at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105.  

Please use this link to register.  

The goals of this meeting are to: (a) increase understanding of how decisionmakers can support shoreline resilience projects, (b) share best practices for communicating and building relationships with elected officials, and c) encourage real-time communications practice using our discussed strategies. The full agenda can be seen here. 

We hope to see you there! 

About

The Transforming Shorelines Collaborative (TSC) brings together practitioners, decision-makers, and community members working at the intersection of nature-based shoreline adaptation and urban water management to advance shoreline resilience projects that provide multiple benefits for people and ecosystems.

The TSC meets 3-4 times per year for interactive in-person meetings as well as hybrid meetings and informational webinars. Everyone is welcome to join! 

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Who We Are 

The TSC is guided by a Leadership Team representing a broad range of partners from across the Estuary: 

  • Carlos Diaz, Engineer (formerly with ESA and designer of the Oro Loma Horizontal Levee) 
  • Dr. David Sedlak, UC Berkeley 
  • Anthony DeSalvo, UC Berkeley 
  • Jonathan Uhler, UC Berkeley 
  • Jackie Zipkin, East Bay Dischargers Authority 
  • Jeremy Lowe, San Francisco Estuary Institute 
  • Luisa Valiela, EPA Region 9 
  • Medi Sinaki, Valley Water 
  • Nastaran Basiri, Valley Water 
  • Lorien Fono, Bay Area Clean Waters Agencies 
  • Samantha Engelage, City of Palo Alto  

 

Past Meeting Summaries

Tour of Palo Alto Horizontal Levee – November 5, 2025 

Meeting Materials: 

  1. Meeting Summary – coming soon
  2. Presentation

Community Engagement for Nature Based Solutions – October 1, 2025 

Meeting Materials: 

  1. Meeting Summary
  2. Presentation

Operations and Maintenance of Horizontal Levees: Lessons from the Oro Loma Pilot Project – July 23, 2025 

Meeting Materials: 

  1. Meeting Summary & Presentations
  2. Meeting Recording

    Managing Nutrient Loads with Nature-Based Solutions – April 10, 2025 

    Meeting Materials: 

    1. Meeting Summary & Presentations 
    2. Meeting Recording 

      Mitigation Needs on NBS Projects – March 27, 2023 

      Meeting Materials: 

      1. Meeting Summary & Presentations 
      2. Meeting Recording (Passcode: 89Gy.!zc) 

        EBDA First Mile Horizontal Levee – October 19, 2022 

        Meeting Materials: 

        1. Meeting Summary & Presentations 
        2. Meeting Recording 

          Reverse Osmosis Concentrate – October 7, 2021 

          Meeting Materials: 

          1. Meeting Agenda 
          2. Meeting Summary & Presentations 

            San Leandro Treatment Wetland Project – December 1, 2020 

            Save the Date for Transforming Shorelines Collaborative December 1st, 2020

            Meeting Materials: 

            1. Meeting Agenda 
            2. Meeting Summary & Presentations 

              Oro Loma Horizontal Levee – March 2, 2020 

               

              Meeting Materials  

              1. Meeting Agenda 
              2. Presentations 
              3. Meeting Summary