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Housing the Middle: Council Sponsors Conversation on Affordable Housing Solutions image

Housing the Middle: Council Sponsors Conversation on Affordable Housing Solutions

The Council was proud to sponsor Housing the Middle: Bay Area Affordable Housing Solutions, a provocative, solutions-oriented conversation with pr...
Member Spotlight: Calbright College Making Strides and Building Career Pathways for Californians image

Member Spotlight: Calbright College Making Strides and Building Career Pathways for Californians

California’s first and only fully-online, public community college is making exceptional progress under the new leadership of President and CEO A...
Council Announces New Policy Focus on Maritime, Goods Movement image

Council Announces New Policy Focus on Maritime, Goods Movement

The maritime and goods movement industry is a major driver of economic activity across the Bay Area. It encompasses our ports and airports, our reg...
Abusive CEQA Lawsuit Threatens UC Berkeley Admissions image

Abusive CEQA Lawsuit Threatens UC Berkeley Admissions

Thousands of prospective UC Berkeley students would be denied admission next year under a misguided and disastrous court ruling in a case that high...
Big Win for Oakland A’s Ballpark Plans image

Big Win for Oakland A’s Ballpark Plans

There’s still a long way to go, but Bay Area Council member Oakland A’s reached an important milestone this week (Feb. 17) in their plans to bu...
Big Month for Regional Ferry Service image

Big Month for Regional Ferry Service

There was a lot of good news this past month for fans of regional ferry service. The Port of Redwood City this week (Feb. 14) endorsed the business...
Worst Drought in 1,200 Years? How About We Make More Water image

Worst Drought in 1,200 Years? How About We Make More Water

New research out this week may not be a jaw-dropping surprise for Californians who are no strangers to the growing and harmful impacts of worsening...
Not Again! Failed Wealth Tax Legislation Returns image

Not Again! Failed Wealth Tax Legislation Returns

We worked hard to kill it once and we’ll do it again. San Jose Assemblymember Alex Lee has returned with legislation to create a wealth tax that ...
Council Sponsors Legislation to Fast Track Transportation Infrastructure Projects image

Council Sponsors Legislation to Fast Track Transportation Infrastructure Projects

With billions of dollars in new federal infrastructure funding poised to pour into the Bay Area, new legislation (SB 922) introduced this week (Feb...
Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Reinstating Business Tax Credits image

Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Reinstating Business Tax Credits

There was a ray of good news this week for thousands of businesses statewide struggling (see related story below) to recover from the damaging econ...
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