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Council Advocacy Helps Approval of UCSF Parnassus Heights Project

Jan 22 2021

Yesterday (Jan. 21), the UC Board of Regents voted to approve a project by UC San Francisco (UCSF) to modernize the university’s 70-year-old Parn...

Council Looks Ahead to a Full 2021 Legislative Session Focused on Housing

Dec 11 2020

The 2021 legislative session appears the be shaping up as a retread of 2020 with all the major housing bills that failed this past session coming b...

Member Spotlight: Facebook Invests $150 Million in Bay Area Low Income Housing

Dec 11 2020

Facebook Inc. announced this week (Wednesday) that developments for the lowest-income tier in the Bay Area will get $150 million of its planned inv...

Damning Report Highlights Need for Affordable Housing Reforms

Nov 20 2020

A damning report by the California State Auditor highlighted the importance of the Bay Area Council’s continuing work to reform policies and prog...

Council-Backed Housing Near BART Station Approved

Nov 13 2020

More than 750 units of new housing near the West Oakland BART station that the Bay Area Council endorsed have been approved by the city’s Plannin...

Council-Endorsed Affordable Housing Project Approved

Oct 30 2020

A 72-unit affordable housing development in Castro Valley that the Bay Area Council endorsed won approval from the Alameda County Board of Supervis...

Housing Committee Welcomes Sen. Wiener, Talks 2021 Legislative Strategy

Oct 23 2020

This week, the Bay Area Council’s Housing Committee met to shape our legislative strategy for 2021. The meeting was kicked off by Chair Mary Huss...

Regional Housing Allocations Adopted

Oct 23 2020

The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) recently adopted the methodology that will be used to determine where housing must be produced in th...