Media Releases - 2004 Archive

The Bay Area Council provides information and its point of view on a wide range of issues. Please contact our Vice President of Communications for assistance. The Bay Area Council is happy to help members of the news media find sources and research if we cannot provide it ourselves.


BAY AREA HOUSING PERMITS 13 PERCENT SHORT OF ANNUAL MARKET NEED,
MAJORITY OF CITIES, COUNTIES NOT MEETING 'FAIR SHARE' OF UNITS (Dec. 17, 2004)


Bay Area Executives’ Confidence in Regional Economy Softens (November 10, 2004)

Bay Area Council Endorses Governor Schwarzenegger’s Decision to Re-Bid
the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge Project (September 30, 2004)


Bay Area Council Releases Statement on Hetch Hetchy Study
by the Environmental Defense Fund (September 27, 2004)


Bay Area Council Sends Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger Requesting
“Special Legislative Session” to Resolve Bay Bridge Funding Solution (August 30, 2004)


Bay Area Council Requests Governor Schwarzenegger Call “Special
Legislative Session” to Resolve Bay Bridge Funding Solution (August 28, 2004)


Bay Area Council Releases Four-Point Plan for Bay Bridge Funding Fix That Avoids Toll
Increase or Gas Tax in 2004 (August 20, 2004)


Companies Consider Moving Jobs Out of Bay Area,
Survey of Region’s Executives Shows (August 6, 2004)


69% OF BAY AREA CEOS PREDICT THE PACE OF REGIONAL RECOVERY
WILL CONTINUE OR ACCELERATE (May 6, 2004)


Bay Area Council Names Jim Wunderman President and CEO (April 15, 2004)

Pace of Education Improvement Held Steady in 2003 in Nine-County Region,
New Bay Area Council Study Finds (February 25, 2004)


BAY AREA COUNCIL WINS $2.9 MILLION GRANT FROM DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
TO REDUCE DEMAND FOR H-1B VISAS (February 2, 2004)


EXECUTIVES SIGNAL BAY AREA’S “JOBLESS RECOVERY” MAY FINALLY BE OVER,
ACCORDING TO NEW BAY AREA COUNCIL SURVEY (January 30, 2004)