Press Releases

Report: Economic Benefits of 2nd Transbay Rail Crossing

Building a second transbay rail crossing would have enormous economic benefits for the Bay Area, according to a new report the Bay Area Council Eco...

New Poll: Strong Support for Commuter Shuttles

The Bay Area Council today (Jan. 20) released results of a new poll that shows strong support among San Francisco voters for commuter shuttles, wit...

MEASURE FOR CLEAN AND HEALTHY BAY SURGES TOWARD JUNE BALLOT

As reported on the front page of Thursday’s (Jan. 14) San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority voted unanimously to p...

COUNCIL CALLS FOR MERGER OF REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCIES

Well-coordinated regional planning is absolutely critical if we are to address the region’s housing affordability crisis, upgrade its congested t...

New Poll Shows Strong Support for Stabilizing Higher Ed Funding

The Bay Area Council today released results of a statewide poll that shows California voters want to put the brakes on decades of state funding cut...

NEW TOOL CALCULATES COST OF PRETERM BIRTHS TO BUSINESS

A new online tool unveiled yesterday (Dec. 10) by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the March of Dimes Foundation enables employers to ca...

COUNCIL’S 2016 POLICY AGENDA TAKES DEAD AIM AT REGION’S TOP CHALLENGES

The Bay Area Council is taking dead aim at solving the region’s crisis-level housing and traffic problems with a 2016 policy agenda adopted this ...

BIG WIN FOR COMMUTER SHUTTLES, COMMUTERS

Bay Area commuters were the big winners this week in a unanimous decision by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to make permanent a ...

BOLD NEW VISION FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute today unveiled a sweeping (and provocative), new regional economic vision for strengthening the Bay Area’...

Irish President Higgins Joins Council in Celebrating Benioff, Feeney

Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and Duty Free Shoppers Group Founder Chuck Feeney were the guests of honor at the Bay Area Council’s 70t...
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