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2021 Pacific Summit
2021 Pacific SummitHow can we create a better, stronger and more equitable future for the Golden State?
Getting vaccinated and heeding the advice of public health officials offer us the best hope of stemming the spread of this deadly pandemic, reopening our businesses and economy and restoring the millions of jobs we’ve lost. The Bay Area Council remains focused on emerging from this crisis stronger, more resilient and more equitable than before. See what the Council and our members are doing and find helpful resources through our COVID-19 Resource & Response Network.
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Bay Area Economic Snapshot
By The Numbers
Bay Area Economic Snapshot
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Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California announces NextGen sustainability goals to help safeguard the health of the next generation and support health equity: Climate change is an urgent public health issue. According to a recent survey from Blue Shield of California, a CarbonNeutral® certified company, more than eight out of 10 (83%) of Gen Z youth are concerned about the health of the planet. A majority of respondents also say their environment affects both their physical health (69%) and mental health (75%). In this video, Blue Shield’s leaders and grantees share the company’s ambitious set of sustainability goals to adopt and promote climate smart healthcare, which address the impact of climate change on human health, especially for the most vulnerable communities.
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Bay Area Homelessness
New Urgency, New Solutions
This report is the Bay Area Council Economic Institute’s second look at homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. In our first report, Bay Area Homelessness: A Regional View of a Regional Crisis, released in 2019, we used interviews with local service providers and data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to capture the true scale and regional nature of the Bay Area’s homeless crisis. In this report, we examine the potential for using shelter mandates, also known as right to shelter policies, government intervention, and state and local policy changes, to help solve the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis.
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