Housing

Stricter Homesharing Limits Hurt Housing Affordability

Placing stricter limits on homesharing does almost nothing to increase housing supply and only makes things worse for homeowners that rely on short...

Big Election Wins for Bay Area, Council on Housing, Transportation

Millions of Bay Area commuters could breathe a sigh of relief Tuesday when 70 percent of voters passed Measure RR to fix and upgrade BART, the regi...

Getting Down to Business to Enact In-Law Legislation

Energized by our victory in passing SB 1069 to make building in-law units easier, faster and cheaper for homeowners, the Bay Area Council's Housing...

On Nov. 8, Vote for a Better Bay Area

It's almost over, but there's still one more very important thing to do before you can put Election 2016 in your rear-view mirror. Unless you've al...

By the Numbers: Solving the Housing Affordability Crisis

A groundbreaking analysis of San Francisco’s housing crisis released this week (Oct. 19) by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute identified wh...

Dim Assessment of Regional Housing, Transportation Plan

Plan Bay Area – the region’s long-range housing and transportation blueprint -- isn’t likely to do much to improve housing affordability or e...

House Committee Readies for Action in 2017

On the heels of passing statewide legislation we sponsored (SB 1069) to expand housing by easing restrictions on in-law units, the Bay Area Council...

Housing Crisis Hurting CA Climate Change Goals

The Bay Area’s housing crisis is undermining California’s ambitious and global-leading work to combat climate change, said Bay Area Council Sen...

Council Forms Megaregion Partnership with Sacramento to Keep Jobs, Grow Economy

The Bay Area Council today announced a new partnership with the Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council as part of a campaign promote the integr...

Council Notches Its Best Legislative Record in Years

The Bay Area Council was poised to notch its best legislative record in years with the deadline for Gov. Jerry Brown to sign or veto bills coming t...
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