Economy Archives : Bay Area Council

Can the Bay Area Lead America’s Maritime Comeback?

Sep 16 2026

The Bay Area Council was honored to join Rep. John Garamendi last week (Sept. 10) at a powerful Maritime Summit he convened at the California Marit...

New Analysis: End of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 45,000 Salvadorans Living in California, Including Almost 8,000 in the Bay Area, Will Come with Big Economic Impacts

Sep 9 2026

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador is set to expire today, ending work authorization for beneficiaries who have no other legal basis ...

Delivering Results: Council Secures Important Regulatory Reforms

Sep 2 2026

Proposed regulations by the Bay Area Air District that could impose heavy costs on residents, workers and businesses will now undergo more formal s...

Council Wins Big Changes to Legislation that Threatened New Business Formation, Investment

Sep 2 2026

The worst impacts of antitrust legislation (AB 1776) that threatened to chill new business formation in California and heap legal costs on new busi...

Bay Area Council Urges California Senate to Reject SB 954

Aug 26 2026

The Bay Area Council today (Aug. 26) issued the following statement on the state Assembly passing SB 954 to undo streamlining reforms designed to b...

The Fight Continues to Protect California’s Advanced Manufacturing Comeback

Aug 19 2026

Will California pull the rug out from an advanced manufacturing renaissance before it even starts? Not if we can help it. The Bay Area Council is m...

Business Leaders Gain New Immigration Workforce Resource

Jul 15 2026

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute is partnering with UNITE-LA to help employers understand and respond to the economic and workforce implicat...

Economic Institute Examines Asian Supply Chains

Jan 7 2026

The Bay Area Council has released its latest global report: Finding Opportunity in Asia’s Changing Supply Chain Landscape: Leveraging Hong Kong. ...

Regional Population Growth Grinds to a Halt

Jan 7 2026

Population growth in the nine-county Bay Area ground to a halt in the 12-month period between July 2024 and July 2025, according to new data releas...

Institute Launches New Quarterly Report Series with Sonoma County EDC

Dec 17 2025

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute released its first Sonoma County Economic Outlook last week, a quarterly report series developed ...

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