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California Voters Appear to Reject Big Tax Increase on Business, Spike Rent Control and Back Gig Economy image

California Voters Appear to Reject Big Tax Increase on Business, Spike Rent Control and Back Gig Economy

The Bay Area Council applauded California voters for appearing to reject an estimated $11.5 billion tax increase (Prop. 15) on businesses that woul...
Webinar 11/9: Hear from the Doctors Devising California’s COVID Vaccine Plan image

Webinar 11/9: Hear from the Doctors Devising California’s COVID Vaccine Plan

As multiple potential COVID-19 vaccines enter larger-scale efficacy trials, hopes are growing for a release of one or more vaccines sometime in ear...
What Does Higher Education in the Bay Area Look Like Post-Pandemic? image

What Does Higher Education in the Bay Area Look Like Post-Pandemic?

The Bay Area has one of the most highly educated populations in the nation with 49% of people over the age of 25 holding a bachelor’s degree (wel...
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Trade Must Go On!

While the nation held its breath in anticipation of the 2020 election results, the Bay Area Council’s California Pavilion opened its doors at the...
Business Times Recognizes Region’s Most Admired CEOs image

Business Times Recognizes Region’s Most Admired CEOs

The San Francisco Business Times on Nov. 5 held its annual Most Admired CEOs ceremony to recognize top business leadership in the Bay Area. Busines...
Partner Event: The Future of Transportation in California image

Partner Event: The Future of Transportation in California

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) manages more than 50,000 miles of highway and freeway lanes across California, as well as in...
Living While Black in America image

Living While Black in America

Stories are legion of fearful parents of Black children having to caution them about how to conduct themselves in encounters with police. The fear ...
Council-Endorsed Affordable Housing Project Approved image

Council-Endorsed Affordable Housing Project Approved

A 72-unit affordable housing development in Castro Valley that the Bay Area Council endorsed won approval from the Alameda County Board of Supervis...
Call to Participate in Bay Area Council Focus Groups on Returning to Transit image

Call to Participate in Bay Area Council Focus Groups on Returning to Transit

The Bay Area Council invites employers to participate in focus groups to have in-depth conversations about returning to work and using transit. We ...
Council Says “Whoa!” To New Taxes in Latest Ad image

Council Says “Whoa!” To New Taxes in Latest Ad

The Bay Area Council this week unveiled the third in a series of hard-hitting video ads to bring attention to the harmful impact that a dizzying ar...
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