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COUNCIL LEADS BUS TOUR OF OAKLAND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

With new leadership and increasing signs Oakland is on the cusp of a sustained economic upswing, the Bay Area Council this week (Jan. 29) convened ...

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...

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...

BAY AREA COUNCIL UNVEILS 2015 POLICY PRIORITIES

The Bay Area Council this week (Dec. 10) doubled down on its efforts to tackle the region’s most pressing challenges, unveiling a bold policy age...

NEW ECONOMIC INSTITUTE STUDY CALLS FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL OF CA HIGHER EDUCATION

California’s once-visionary Master Plan for Higher Education has not kept pace with tectonic changes rumbling across the Golden State, according ...

BART CUTS RIBBON ON OAKLAND AIRPORT CONNECTOR

BART today (Nov. 21) cut the ribbon on its new Oakland Airport Connector, which the Bay Area Council fought hard to help bring to fruition and batt...

CLEAN SWEEP FOR BAY AREA COUNCIL IN NOV. 4 ELECTION

Voters may not have turned out in force on Nov. 4, but those that did overwhelmingly agreed with the Bay Area Council on a handful of state and loc...

800 Celebrate Giants Win, Business Leadership at 2014 Annual Dinner

About 800 of our closest friends gathered Wednesday (Oct. 29) for the Bay Area Council’s 69th Annual Dinner and Business Hall of Fame at the Fair...

BAY AREA COUNCIL LAUNCHES CALTRAIN COMMUTER COALITION

As Caltrain marked the 10th anniversary of its Baby Bullet service on Monday (Oct. 27), Bay Area Council President & CEO Jim Wunderman joined the f...
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