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TRANSFORMING WORKPLACE CULTURE: THE 2015 GENDER EQUALITY PRACTICES

For a second year, the Bay Area Council was pleased to partner with the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women on its annual program featu...

MEETING FUTURE WORKFORCE NEEDS AND GROWING MIDDLE-INCOME JOBS

Whether you’re flipping through a newspaper or clicking on a news website, it’s hard not encounter a story these days about the demise of the m...

COUNCIL WORKS TO EASE NORTH BAY COMMUTE TRAFFIC

There aren’t many instances where adding a lane to a congested highway can happen quickly, easily and inexpensively. Just such an opportunity exi...

WHEN URBAN PLANNING MANDATES FAIL TO CONSIDER CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES

A disconnect between SB375 and changing automobile technology will have serious unwanted and unintended consequences in how we plan and invest to m...

8th Annual Economic Forecast

It’s boom time for the Bay Area, according to top economists who spoke to over 100 of the region’s top private and public sector leaders at the...

COUNCIL HOSTS UNVEILING OF MILKEN INSTITUTE BEST-PERFORMING CITIES RANKING

The Bay Area confirmed its place as the nation’s hottest tech and job creation center with the release Thursday (Jan. 8) by the Milken Institute ...

LEADERSHIP CHANGE AT ECONOMIC INSTITUTE ANNOUNCED

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute this week (Jan. 5) announced that effective February 1, 2015 Dr. Micah Weinberg will become President, succ...

CALTRAIN ELECTRIFICATION CLEARS MAJOR PLANNING HURDLE

A major milestone in improving Caltrain service was reached this week (Jan. 5) as the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board certified the Final Env...

NEW HEAD OF CA-CHINA TRADE OFFICE ANNOUNCED

Positioning California to attract a growing share of China’s massive foreign investment pool and bolstering California-China trade, the Bay Area ...

Drone Technologies Rapidly Advancing; Policies to Allow Them, Not So Much

With interest in the use of drones for commercial purposes taking flight, the Bay Area Council recently convened a policy roundtable with national ...
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