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Report: Building Market Rate Housing Benefits Lower-Income Households
Feb 12 2016
Even more evidence surfaced this week that solving the Bay Area’s housing shortage and reducing its impact on lower-income households can be acco...

Council Welcomes Year of the Monkey
Feb 12 2016
More than 400 close friends gathered Tuesday evening (Feb. 10) as the Bay Area Council celebrated Chinese New Year and ushered in the Year of the M...

Report: Economic Benefits of 2nd Transbay Rail Crossing
Feb 9 2016
Building a second transbay rail crossing would have enormous economic benefits for the Bay Area, according to a new report the Bay Area Council Eco...

COUNCIL HONKS ITS CONCERNS ON NEW RULES FOR DRIVERLESS VEHICLES
Feb 5 2016
New California regulations reduce potential benefits of autonomous vehicles and potentially put the state at a competitive disadvantage with other ...

POLL RESULTS ENCOURAGING FOR BART BOND MEASURE
Jan 29 2016
A new poll released this week (Jan. 29) offered very encouraging news for a possible BART bond measure in November, but the results also revealed t...

COUNCIL ENGAGING WITH NEW LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL PLANNING
Jan 29 2016
East Bay Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (Richmond) this week (Jan. 28) was appointed chair of a new Select Committee on Regional Planning in the San ...

Long-Awaited Win for 75 Howard Residential Development
Jan 29 2016
On Wednesday (Jan. 27), the San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal against 75 Howard Street, a residential development that the Bay Area C...

CA TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TO TAKE A BIG HIT
Jan 22 2016
State funding for California’s transportation system is expected to decline by $754 million over the next five years, according to a plan the Cal...

NEW STUDY: NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF REGULATION, NIMBYS ON HOUSING
Jan 22 2016
Fascinating new research by two UCLA urban planning scientists concludes that stringent and restrictive land use regulations, lengthy public review...

New Poll: Strong Support for Commuter Shuttles
Jan 20 2016
The Bay Area Council today (Jan. 20) released results of a new poll that shows strong support among San Francisco voters for commuter shuttles, wit...
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