Chairman’s Letter
The Bay Area Council is one of the most important and forward-facing business-focused organizations in California. As it enters its sixth decade, the Council occupies an essential place at the nexus of... (click here)

Introduction
Even before the epochal June 1944 D-Day invasion, peace and post-war prosperity were very much at the top of the collective Bay Area mind. In the regional press,... (click here)

The Fateful Forties
At war’s end, the Bay Area regional puzzle seemed to be fitting nicely together. This was particularly true in regards to industrial policies to help avoid the feared – and some economists felt, inevitable – postwar recession.... (click here)

The Tail-Fin Fifties
A man-made disaster in Pennsylvania steel country was an ironic stage-setter for the Bay Area Council’s early ‘50s civic agenda. A killer-smog, enveloping the town of Donora, sickened thousands and spurred... (click here)

The Uncertain Sixties
In April 1960, the Council celebrated its fifteenth anniversary at a dinner at the St. Francis Hotel. Edgar Kaiser presided over a sober appraisal of the Council’s present status and future direction. Kaiser was not bashful in singling...(click here)

The Salubrious Seventies / The Enterprising Eighties
1970 marked the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Bay Area Council. There were important wins the organization could point to as the new decade began. The MTC was “open for business;” ... (click here)

The Non-Stop Nineties and Beyond
As the Bay Area entered the ‘90s, it found itself in the midst of what was little less than a social and economic golden age. In no small part, this unprecedented renaissance was in motion because for five decades, the Bay Area Council, as one of its critics had written, “had made the decisions no one else thought of making.” ... (click here)