Economy

PENINSULA’S HIGHWAY 101 TRAFFIC CRISIS DESERVES AND GETS ACTION

The Bay Area Council’s work over the past year to speed traffic relief on the badly congested Highway 101 corridor between San Francisco and San ...

PROPOSED HOUSING MORATORIUMS: GREAT IDEA OR MADNESS?

The Bay Area Council is responding quickly to a troubling move by several Bay Area cities to impose moratoriums on new housing. After the Council v...

COUNCIL JOINS TOP LEADERS TO DISCUSS CALIFORNIA’S WATER FUTURE

With a record dry January leading California into its 4th year of drought, Capitol Weekly and the University of California on Thursday held their a...

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CELEBRATES MICHAEL SCANLON

Michael Scanlon, the retiring General Manager of the San Mateo County Transit District, was the featured speaker at the Bay Area Council Transporta...

FORUM HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES FOR TRI-VALLEY REGION

The Tri-Valley is fast emerging as a new, white-hot technology and innovation powerhouse for the Bay Area, according to a report by the Bay Area Co...

COUNCIL OPPOSES EMERYVILLE HOUSING MORATORIUM

Placing a moratorium on building new housing at a time when the Bay Area is experiencing a major housing shortage and affordability crisis isn’t ...

DAMAGING PORT SHUTDOWN MUST END

The Bay Area Council this week (Feb. 13) publicly called for an end to the more than nine-month labor dispute that has brought the Port of Oakland ...

BAY AREA COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO DAMAGING WEST COAST PORTS LABOR DISPUTE

Following the weekend (Feb. 7-8) closure of the Port of Oakland and 28 other West Coast ports over a long-running contract dispute, the Bay Area Co...

GOOD WEEK FOR HIGHLIGHTING DIRE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS

It was a good week for transportation investment, a topic near and dear to our hearts – it’s one of the Bay Area Council’s lead policy priori...

COUNCIL LEADS BUS TOUR OF OAKLAND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

With new leadership and increasing signs Oakland is on the cusp of a sustained economic upswing, the Bay Area Council this week (Jan. 29) convened ...
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