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Report Highlights Urgency in Fixing California’s Broken Permitting System

Mar 5 2025

The Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), yesterday (March 5) released its report deta...

Council Sponsoring New CEQA Reform Legislation

Feb 26 2025

The Bay Area Council is proud to be sponsoring SB 607 by state Senator Scott Wiener, which would make important improvements to the California Envi...

Study: Building Market-Rate Housing Improves Affordability for Everyone

Apr 3 2024

We’ve been saying it for years, er, decades: building market-rate housing is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve affordability across ...

Critical Coastal Affordable Housing Project Approved behind Council’s Advocacy

Mar 27 2024

The Bay Area Council was proud to help member MidPen Housing secure unanimous approval this week for their long-awaited and badly needed affordable...

Analysis: Changes Council Seeks to Proposed Regional Housing Bond Could Double Number of Units Produced

Mar 27 2024

With changes the Bay Area Council is seeking to make to a regional affordable housing bond measure being eyed for the November 2024 ballot, Bay Are...

Groundbreaking Court Win for Housing Reform Legislation

Mar 20 2024

Bay Area Council member Holland and Knight has secured an important legal victory in a case over housing reform legislation the Council sponsored...

Nothing Sluggish About ADU Construction

Mar 20 2024

Santa Cruz may be known for its banana slugs, but it hasn’t been sluggish when it comes to building accessory dwelling units (ADU). Recentdata s...

Construction Afoot on Housing Project the Council Endorsed

Feb 7 2024

Menlo Park will soon be welcoming 99 new homes in a project by March Capital Management on Haven Avenue that got the unanimous support of the Bay A...

Council Weighs in on Regional Housing Bond Proposal

Jan 31 2024

The November 2024 ballot, from top to bottom, is already shaping up to be one of the most consequential in modern times. One measure the Bay A...

Bay Area Council Housing Reforms Paying Dividends

Jan 24 2024

Housing reform legislation the Bay Area Council sponsored and supported in recent years is paying dividends for homebuilders and a state desperate ...

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