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Council Opposes Shutdown of Scooters, eBikes and other Micromobility Vehicles image

Council Opposes Shutdown of Scooters, eBikes and other Micromobility Vehicles

On Aug. 25, the Bay Area Council, SPUR, and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group issued a joint letter in opposition to AB 1286, which would functi...
Council Takes Positions Against Exclusionary Zoning image

Council Takes Positions Against Exclusionary Zoning

With mounting tensions in Sacramento as Capitol politics continue to block important statewide housing production bills from crossing the legislati...
New Report: Apprenticeships in the Tech Sector, Updating a Traditional Model for the 21st Century image

New Report: Apprenticeships in the Tech Sector, Updating a Traditional Model for the 21st Century

With the Bay Area economy moving into recovery mode, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute is focused on analyzing the strategies that will provi...
Council Joins Bay Area Professional Sports Teams in Supporting Prop 16 image

Council Joins Bay Area Professional Sports Teams in Supporting Prop 16

Presidents, CEOs and Chairs of seven professional sports teams based in the Bay Area united this week in support of Proposition 16, a ballot propos...
ICYMI: Impact of Pandemic on State Housing Crisis and Residential Markets image

ICYMI: Impact of Pandemic on State Housing Crisis and Residential Markets

California’s new Housing and Community Development Director Gustavo Velasquez and Zillow Sr. Economist Cheryl Young led a discussion this wee...
Council Partners with Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Bay Area Community College Consortium on First-of-its-Kind Virtual Career Fair image

Council Partners with Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Bay Area Community College Consortium on First-of-its-Kind Virtual Career Fair

The Bay Area Council’s Workforce of the Future program has partnered with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the Bay Area Community College Con...
California Resilience Spotlight Series: Extreme Flooding in the San Joaquin River Basin image

California Resilience Spotlight Series: Extreme Flooding in the San Joaquin River Basin

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 Bay A...
Council Secures Critical PPE Face Masks for Communities in Need image

Council Secures Critical PPE Face Masks for Communities in Need

As reopening schools and businesses join hospitals and government agencies in efforts to procure masks and PPE, shortages are once again appearing ...
New Franklin Templeton-Gallup Survey Gives Key Insights for Restaurant Industry on Road to Recovery image

New Franklin Templeton-Gallup Survey Gives Key Insights for Restaurant Industry on Road to Recovery

A new survey released this week by member company Franklin Templeton in partnership with Gallup reveals important insights for restaurant...
Bay Area Council Responds to Near Suspension of Lyft, Uber in California image

Bay Area Council Responds to Near Suspension of Lyft, Uber in California

San Francisco — The Bay Area Council issued the statement below today (Aug. 20) following the potential suspension of Lyft and Uber’s operation...
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