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Housing Reforms Help Break Resistance to East Bay Project image

Housing Reforms Help Break Resistance to East Bay Project

When people want to know why housing is so scarce and so expensive in California they should look no further than the Terraces of Lafayette for ans...
“Hire Together” Virtual Career Fair Reaches 500 Students, Job Seekers image

“Hire Together” Virtual Career Fair Reaches 500 Students, Job Seekers

Almost 500 students and other job seekers participated in a first-of-its-kind virtual career fair this week (Aug. 25) that the Bay Area Council pro...
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Northern California Megaregion Taking Shape

Following the landmark report by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute on the Northern California Megaregion published in 2016, the met...
Council Endorses 540 Housing Units in Redwood City image

Council Endorses 540 Housing Units in Redwood City

This week the Bay Area Council’s Housing Endorsement Subcommittee was thrilled to endorse the Greystar South Main Mixed-Use project in Redwood Ci...
Council Mourns Passing of James Fang image

Council Mourns Passing of James Fang

The Bay Area Council is mourning the untimely passing of San Francisco leader James Fang from natural causes at the age of 58. James was a devoted ...
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Still Battling to Realize Promise of the 19th Amendment

This week (Aug. 26) we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was int...
Big Apple Shares Lessons on Right to Shelter and COVID Response for Homelessness image

Big Apple Shares Lessons on Right to Shelter and COVID Response for Homelessness

Shortly after the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) moved quickly to relocate an estimated 1...
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Supporting Wildfire Relief and Response

Wildfires are once again wreaking havoc on Northern California, displacing thousands of residents and causing untold damage to homes, communities a...
Council Delivers 57,000 COVID Masks to South Bay Homeless Services Provider image

Council Delivers 57,000 COVID Masks to South Bay Homeless Services Provider

After several months of delays due to backlogs in international shipping, the Bay Area Council China Initiative team this week (Aug. 27) delivered ...
CRC Spotlight Series: Fighting Fire with Incentive in San Diego image

CRC Spotlight Series: Fighting Fire with Incentive in San Diego

This is one in a series of profiles of the 12 winners of the California Resilience Challenge, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative of the ...
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