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Help End the Scourge of Family Homelessness

The Bay Area Council is urging its members to help secure a $10 million challenge grant from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, to fu...

Bay Area Water Leaders Give Input to National Policy Agenda

Forty of the Bay Area’s top water leaders convened at Google on Thursday (Dec. 15) to map out federal water advocacy in the Trump-era.

Council Joins President Obama for Final My Brother’s Keeper White House Convening

This week, Bay Area Council Economic Institute President Micah Weinberg attended the final White House convening for President Obama's My Brother's...

Decision Time: Keeping the Raiders in Oakland

A deal to build a modern, new stadium for the Oakland Raiders is headed to the Oakland City Council next Tuesday, and the Bay Area Council is worki...

Council Doubling Down on Solving Regional Commute Mess

The Bay Area Council just loves a good challenge, and there is perhaps no bigger challenge for the region than bringing some relief to the congeste...

Prime Minister of Ireland Addresses Council Leadership

Enda Kenny, Prime Minister (An Taoiseach) of the Republic of Ireland, addressed the Bay Area Council’s Board of Directors on Thursday, discussing...

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...

Exciting News for Expanding Ferry Service to Silicon Valley

The Bay Area Council is wading forward in its work to expand ferry service to the Peninsula and South Bay, where exploding job growth has led to se...

Commuter Shuttles “Hub” Approach Means More Traffic, Emissions, Accidents

Changing the successful San Francisco Commuter Shuttles Program to a "hub" system would create more traffic, emissions and accidents, according to ...

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...
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