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Bay Area Council Adds Powerhouse Team to Bolster Housing, State Government Relations Work image

Bay Area Council Adds Powerhouse Team to Bolster Housing, State Government Relations Work

Alex Torres and Louis Mirante Bring Deep Connections, Strong Record of Success Sacramento—The Bay Area Council is excited to announce the additio...
California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Request for Proposals for Climate Adaptation Projects image

California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Request for Proposals for Climate Adaptation Projects

Grants of up to $200,000 available to help protect under-resourced communities against wildfire, drought, flood, and extreme heat events The Bay Ar...
Bay Area Council Poll: Voters Say It’s Getting Much Harder to Find Housing image

Bay Area Council Poll: Voters Say It’s Getting Much Harder to Find Housing

Overwhelming support for ADUs, infill and transit-oriented housing and converting unused office space to housing; support also strong for allowing ...
2022 Bay Area Council Poll: Voters Demand “Get Tough” Approach on Homelessness image

2022 Bay Area Council Poll: Voters Demand “Get Tough” Approach on Homelessness

Bay Area voters have reached their breaking point when it comes to a seemingly intractable homeless crisis that is wrecking thousands of lives, cau...
2022 Bay Area Council Poll Registers Big Jump in Concerns about Crime and Safety image

2022 Bay Area Council Poll Registers Big Jump in Concerns about Crime and Safety

Nearly 2/3rds avoid big city downtowns because of concerns about crime Concerns among Bay Area voters about crime and safety registered a big incre...
Report: Future of California Advanced Technology and Basic Research image

Report: Future of California Advanced Technology and Basic Research

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute released today (March 29) its Future of Basic Science and Advanced Technology Report and a supporting Basic...
2022 Bay Area Council Poll Finds Deep Malaise Settling Over the Region image

2022 Bay Area Council Poll Finds Deep Malaise Settling Over the Region

With the Bay Area still working to shake off the jarring and painful effects of the COVID pandemic while long-standing problems like astronomical h...
Employer Survey: Almost 70% See “New Normal” Operations by Summer image

Employer Survey: Almost 70% See “New Normal” Operations by Summer

Almost one full year of survey data provided by Bay Area employers shows the post-pandemic “new normal” for in-person office work and public tr...
Bay Area Council Calls on Legislature to Enact Comprehensive Reforms to End Abuse of CEQA image

Bay Area Council Calls on Legislature to Enact Comprehensive Reforms to End Abuse of CEQA

In the wake of an abusive and shameful California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lawsuit that effectively will deny enrollment to thousands of UC...
California Resilience Challenge Winners Announced image

California Resilience Challenge Winners Announced

Today (Feb. 28) the California Resilience Challenge, an initiative of the Bay Area Council Foundation, announced the 13 winners of its $2 million 2...
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