Economy

BAY AREA COUNCIL POLL CAPTURES RESIDENTS’ THOUGHTS ON Economy, DROUGHT, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION

The Bay Area Council this week (June 23) released results of our region-wide 2015 Bay Area Council Poll, the only survey of its kind that provides ...

SPEEDING AHEAD ON COMMUTE RELIEF

This week (June 22) the Bay Area Council took a crucial step forward on its initiative to bring widespread commute relief to the most economically ...

GENDER EQUITY COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES, BEST PRACTICES

Lack of paid parental leave, differences in how men and women are mentored, and other challenges to achieving gender equity in the workplace were a...

2015 Bay Area Council Poll: Residents Say Soaring Economy May Be Plateauing; Drought, Housing and Crime Surface as Top Issues

Bay Area residents think the region’s super-heated economy may be reaching a plateau, according to results of the 2015 Bay Area Council Poll rele...

COUNCIL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING IN CALIFORNIA

On Friday, June 5, Bay Area Council member Siemens treated Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman and senior staff to a informative tour of the ra...

A CAPITOL VIEW: COUNCIL SCORES LEGISLATIVE WINS

The Bay Area Council’s advocacy this week (June 1) helped kill a bill that had been identified as a job killer and win Assembly approval of anoth...

NEW STATEWIDE PUSH FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REFORM

California’s growing economy is pouring billions of new tax revenue into state budget coffers, but it may also be obscuring attention from seriou...

CA-CHINA TRADE OFFICE CONCLUDES HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT TOUR

The California-China Office of Trade of and Investment (CTO) this week (May 25) wrapped up a highly productive two-week investment promotion tour t...

A GOVERNOR, THREE MAYORS AND A SECRETARY OF STATE WALKED INTO A CONFERENCE…

With Sacramento awash in tax revenue, Gov. Jerry Brown told a full house of 600 Bay Area business leaders at the 2015 Outlook Conference on Thursda...

BUSINESS WAS NOT IN PLAN BAY AREA 1.0, BUT WILL BE IN 2.0

As Bay Area housing prices continue to rise and transportation networks operate near capacity, regional planners have begun to prepare for the futu...
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