Economy

Cost of Living, Housing Costs Top Concerns from 2014 Bay Area Council Poll

The Bay Area’s notoriously high cost of living tops the list of the region’s most serious problems, according to results of the 2014 Bay Area C...

CEQA LAWSUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE PROGRAM

The Bay Area Council called “misguided and misdirected” a lawsuit filed this week seeking to block an employee shuttle pilot program that the S...

New Study Maps Dominant EU-Bay Area Economic, Investment Ties

Don’t forget Europe. When it comes to the Bay Area’s and Silicon Valley’s economic ties to the world, Asia and fast-growing China get much of...

Meeting with Sec. Hillary Clinton Cements Partnership on Early Childhood Education

The Bay Area Council was honored this week to meet with Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton and cement our partnership with Too Small to Fail and The Clint...

MEETING WITH TOP U.S. TRADE OFFICIAL COINCIDES WITH NEW EU-BAY AREA ECONOMIC REPORT

With a new round of negotiations beginning last month on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), the timing was perfect for a m...

BAY AREA COUNCIL HAILS DECISION ON SF COMMUTER SHUTTLES

The Bay Area Council hailed the decision by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 1 that allows an innovative commuter shuttle pilot prog...

BAY AREA COUNCIL JOINS LEADER PELOSI IN CALLING FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

The Bay Area Council on March 28 joined Leader Nancy Pelosi and other community leaders to call for comprehensive immigration reform this year. Exe...

CRITICAL CALTRAIN UPGRADE PROJECT APPEARS ON TRACK

With soaring mass transit ridership and growing traffic along the San Francisco-Silicon Valley corridor, the project to electrify and modernize the...

NEW POLL: VAST MAJORITY OF SF VOTERS SUPPORT COMMUTER SHUTTLES AND BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE

Recent protests of employee commute shuttles that have captured headlines around the globe do not appear to reflect the views of a large majority o...

BAY AREA COUNCIL CONVENES MALE, FEMALE LEADERS TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY

Seeking to create a new model for advancing gender equity, the Bay Area Council on March 18 convened top men and women leaders to focus on the acti...
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