WELCOME – UPCOMING EVENTS – IMPORTANT INFORMATION & REQUESTED ACTIONS

BAY-O-VISTA IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
(BOVIA)

Welcome to the Bay-O-Vista Improvement Association (BOVIA) website! BOVIA is a non-profit voluntary neighborhood association dating back to the 1950s that seeks to improve the quality of life in our neighborhood by building a close and supportive community of friends, neighbors and residents in Bay-O-Vista.

All Bay-O-Vista residents are eligible to become a member of BOVIA and for those of you who are not currently members, we would love for you to join! For those of you who are already BOVIA members, we hope you find our website useful to keep apprised of BOVIA events, issues impacting Bay-O-Vista, various BOVIA clubs and new interest groups, special benefits and business discounts for BOVIA members, community resources and much more. More information will be continually added, so make sure you keep checking back.

If you have any questions about BOVIA, would like to provide us with information, give us feedback about the website, or have ideas on how we can make BOVIA more meaningful or effective, please feel free to email us at boviaconnect@gmail.com.

Our BOVIA members make our community a special place to live!

Warm regards,
Your BOVIA Board

2025 aCCOMPLISHMENTS

EBMUD

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please make sure you mark your calendar and attend our Spring General Meeting on Wednesday, April 22nd @ 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.  Additional information to be provided as we get closer to the date.  Please click HERE to access the “General Meeting” webpage for specifics.

ANNUAL DUES

Our annual mailed Newsletter requesting the $30 BOVIA annual dues has been mailed out for calendar 2026.  Please mail your check for $30 in the enclosed remittal envelope – or – pay online for an additional $2 at bovia.org.  This year we are encouraging you to make an additional donation to our Scholarship Fund or our General Fund to help pay for all of the events and activities we want to continue to provide.

Click HERE to access the “Dues” webpage for further information, and options on how to pay.

Bay-O-Vista has a Brand New Facebook Group Page!

You can connect with neighbors and keep up to date with upcoming events and activities.  You can join at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bovia94577/

CALENDAR SUMMARY

Activity Date & Time
BOVIA Book Club
February 17th (Tuesday) 6:00 p.m. (zoom)
BOVIA Garden Club
February 19th (Thursday) 6:00 p.m. (zoom)
Chinese Cultural Group – CNY Dim Sum
February 26th (Thursday) 10:30 a.m (HL Peninsula in CV)
BOVIA Breakfast Club
February 27th (Friday) 10:30 a.m. (Elio’s)
Driveway Social
February 28th (Saturday) 10 – 12 (Lakeview Court cul de sac)

Please click on HERE to access the “Events Calendar” webpage which contains further details on the activities and events and an Upcoming Events Calendar for 2026.

CALL TO ACTION

Please be sure to read all of the important matters effecting our BOVIA community by clicking HERE to access the “Important Matters” webpage.

BAY-O-VISTA WUI-Go! EVACUATION STUDY PLANNING TOOL  (1st stage of Study)
This is the most important safety tool we are offering every Bay-O-Vista resident.  It is an individualized, interactive planning tool to help you prepare for an emergency evacuation due to wildfire.  You should all have received the enclosure with the QR code in 3 different languages with your Membership Dues letter.

    • Click on Link: www.wuigo.ai/bovia/map
    • Put in your Address – and press “enter.”
    • Listen to the Podcast
    • Take the Next Steps – Sign up for all the alerts (these are critical!)
    • Read the FAQs to get more information

By taking these steps, you will be better prepared for an emergency evacuation.


PETITION TO STOP TRUCKS ON I-580
CalTrans is conducting a Study to determine if it should lobby the State Legislature to allow trucks on I-580.  Allowing trucks on I-580 would be devastating for our community – greatly increasing traffic, noise, pollution, health issues, accidents, etc. on I-580.

    • Highway I-580 does not run through an industrial area.  Instead, it runs through diverse communities with residential homes and schools.  In comparison, the Industrial Area and the Port are all along I-880 where trucks are allowed.
    • Before I-580 existed, residents gave permission to CalTrans to build I-580 as long as no trucks were allowed.
    • Click on this Link to Sign the Petition:  https://www.nobigrigs580.org/petition/

      Please sign the petition and help make your voices heard!


RE-OPEN LAKE CHABOT ROAD
We need the City to reopen Lake Chabot Road now! As we have seen from the devastating L.A. fires, we need every evacuation route to be open and free from any barriers. We need the Road opened NOW with at least one-way downhill traffic, with stop signs at either end to slow down traffic until the City fixes the road permanently for two way traffic. This is a critical evacuation route for hundreds of homes.  Without it, residents will be stuck in place with a back-up of vehicles trying to get onto Benedict. Residential vehicles will be competing with ambulances needed to evacuate approximately 80 very ill patients from Kindred Hospital at the end of Benedict. The fences that exist now preventing traffic on Lake Chabot Road are not safe for evacuating residents or first responders. They could easily create a death trap for panicking residents and make access challenging or slow for first responders.  Help us get Lake Chabot Re-Opened by:

    • Signing a petition to the City on www.openlakechabotroad.com
    • Stay ready to come to the next important City Council meeting. We will let you know when. 
    • Numbers count!  We need your help to get this done!There are people that want to see Lake Chabot Road closed permanently.
    • If you would like to volunteer to help, or have any questions or concerns, please email Kat Wellman @ katwellman54@gmail.com
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