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New Study: Mass Deportation Could Cost Bay Area Economy $67 Billion Annually image

New Study: Mass Deportation Could Cost Bay Area Economy $67 Billion Annually

Report highlights critical role immigrants play across construction, hospitality, caregiving, and other essential industries Mass deportation of th...
New Analysis Finds Suisun Expansion Plan and Solano Shipyard Would Support Over 530,000 Jobs and Generate More Than $16.2 Billion Annually in State, Local, and Federal Tax Revenue image

New Analysis Finds Suisun Expansion Plan and Solano Shipyard Would Support Over 530,000 Jobs and Generate More Than $16.2 Billion Annually in State, Local, and Federal Tax Revenue

Bay Area Council Economic Institute report highlights unprecedented economic, fiscal, and strategic benefits for Solano County, California, and the...
Port of Oakland Sailing Steady Course in Face of Global Trade Disruptions image

Port of Oakland Sailing Steady Course in Face of Global Trade Disruptions

The Port of Oakland, a major driver of Bay Area economic activity, is showing remarkable resilience in response to dramatic changes in U.S. trade p...
First-Ever Mass Timber Meetup Brings Bay Area Leaders to Berkeley Wood Lab image

First-Ever Mass Timber Meetup Brings Bay Area Leaders to Berkeley Wood Lab

Last week, the Bay Area Council and UC Berkeley co-hosted the first-ever Bay Area Mass Timber Meetup at the Berkeley Wood Lab. Lab directors Paul M...
Council Forms New Partnership to Expand Apprenticeship Opportunities image

Council Forms New Partnership to Expand Apprenticeship Opportunities

The Bay Area Council under our Workforce of the Future Committee is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the LAUNCH Apprenticeship Netw...
Berkeley Lab Gets Big Boost for Quantum Computing image

Berkeley Lab Gets Big Boost for Quantum Computing

Important work that Berkeley Lab is leading to develop quantum computing technology got a significant boost this week when the Department of Energy...
CEO Jim Wunderman Announces He is Leaving the Bay Area Council after a Transformative 22-Year Run image

CEO Jim Wunderman Announces He is Leaving the Bay Area Council after a Transformative 22-Year Run

Bay Area Council President & CEO Jim Wunderman today informed the organization’s Executive Committee that he will be departing the organizati...
BART Launches Open Payment System to Improve Rider Experience image

BART Launches Open Payment System to Improve Rider Experience

Photo Courtesy of San Francisco Mayor’s Office On Tuesday (Aug. 19) BART celebrated the launch of Tap and Ride, an “open paymentsR...
California Must Balance Climate Policies Against Economic Impacts of Scarcity  image

California Must Balance Climate Policies Against Economic Impacts of Scarcity 

A smart person once said that the only qualification one needs to be a leader are followers.  Well, if California wants to be a global leader ...
Presidio Parkway Anniversary Highlights Benefits of Public Private Partnerships image

Presidio Parkway Anniversary Highlights Benefits of Public Private Partnerships

Photo by Core Visual, Courtesy of HNTB The Bay Area Council has been a longtime proponent of expanding the use of public private partnerships (P3) ...
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