Energy and Climate Change

2015 Bay Area Council Poll: Residents Say Soaring Economy May Be Plateauing; Drought, Housing and Crime Surface as Top Issues

Bay Area residents think the region’s super-heated economy may be reaching a plateau, according to results of the 2015 Bay Area Council Poll rele...

A GOVERNOR, THREE MAYORS AND A SECRETARY OF STATE WALKED INTO A CONFERENCE…

With Sacramento awash in tax revenue, Gov. Jerry Brown told a full house of 600 Bay Area business leaders at the 2015 Outlook Conference on Thursda...

DISSECTING THE MAY BUDGET REVISE: NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, YET

Education scored big in the May Budget Revise unveiled Thursday (May 15) by Gov. Jerry Brown. Here’s a quick look at a few specific budget areas ...

COUNCIL BRIEFS LEGISLATIVE STAFF ON ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS REPORT

Today (May 8), at the Council’s Sacramento office, researchers from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute briefed Bay Area Caucus legislative s...

Surveying Members on Drought Response Measures

The state water board on Tuesday (May 5) approved the first-ever mandatory urban water use restrictions in California history, prompting the Bay Ar...

COUNCIL RESPONDS TO GOVERNOR’S NEW GHG TARGETS

Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman made the following statement in response to Gov. Jerry Brown's announcement of an Executive Order ...

Bay Area Council Statement on Gov. Brown’s New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

The Bay Area Council today (April 29) issued the following statement in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s announcement of an Executive Order setting...

NEW REPORT PUTS DAMAGE TOLL FROM OVERDUE MEGA STORM AT $10.4 BILLION

From drought to deluge, California and the Bay Area can expect increasingly dramatic weather swings as the effects of climate change become more pr...

NEW REPORT EXAMINES CA’S READINESS FOR ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute on Monday (April 13) released that examines California’s readiness for the growing tsunami of advanced co...

New Report Examines CA’s Readiness for Tsunami of Energy, Communications Technologies

California’s infrastructure has allowed some of the world’s most innovative technology companies to thrive here. But for that infrastructure to...
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