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Learning from Our Neighbors on Regional Economic Strategy

You might think that a region as globally powerful as the Bay Area would have a coordinated and deliberate strategy for growing our economy and cre...

HARMFUL DECISION FOR CALIFORNIA ENTREPRENEURS, JOB CREATION

A surprising and potentially very damaging decision by the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) may challenge that California is still a great plac...

RESTORING THE LUSTER TO CALIFORNIA’S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

There has been considerable buzz in recent weeks about the potential for online education to play a role in addressing some of the growing challeng...

Annual Dinner and Business Hall of Fame Gala Honors Charles B. Johnson and Lorry Lokey

More than 700 CEOs, top executives and other community and elected leaders joined the Bay Area Council for our Annual Dinner and Business Hall of F...

Holiday Greetings from the Bay Area Council and 4th Graders at Oakland’s Achieve Academy

The Bay Area Council wishes you all a very happy holidays. And we look forward to another exciting year working with you to make our region and the...

FISCAL CLIFF CONCERNS CAUSING SOME CEOs TO DELAY BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, NEW BAY AREA COUNCIL SURVEY FINDS

Many Bay Area companies are holding off on business investments as they wait to see if the U.S. will plunge off the fiscal cliff, according to a Ba...

GOV. BROWN ENGAGES WITH BAY AREA COUNCIL LEADERSHIP ON 2013 AGENDA

Clearly energized from his Proposition 30 victory, and preparing next year's budget and his State of the State speech, Governor Jerry Brown sat dow...

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADOPTS 2013 BAY AREA COUNCIL POLICY PLATFORM

With victories and major progress in 2012 on all of the Bay Area Council’s top policy priorities, the Executive Committee this week adopted its 2...

New Study: For Every New High-Tech Job, Four More Created

When it comes to creating jobs in California across a wide range of income levels and employment sectors, a new report by the Bay Area Council Econ...

LEADING ECONOMISTS OFFER FORECASTS ON REGIONAL, STATE AND GLOBAL PROSPECTS

The outlook for continuing jobs and economic growth in the Bay Area are strong, according to data presented by Bay Area Council Chief Economist Jon...
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