Press Releases

California’s first-in-the-nation paid family leave (PFL) program is almost two decades old and a new in-depth Bay Area Council Economic Institute...

The Bay Area Council today (Sept. 16) applauded Gov. Gavin Newsom for signing urgency legislation (AB 1174, Tim Grayson) immediately eliminating a ...

The Bay Area Council today (Aug. 31) announced it is formally recommending all private sector employers, businesses and other organizations require...

The Bay Area commute may never be the same again, but what that means for the region’s highways and mass transit systems still remains to be seen...

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute (BACEI) and Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) today announced that they are the recipient of a researc...

The Bay Area Council Foundation today launched the official request for proposals for the California Resilience Challenge 2021 Grant Program, a sta...

SAN FRANCISCO—On July 1, BART agreed to restore near pre-pandemic service four weeks earlier than originally planned, as well as offer late-night...

San Francisco—The Bay Area could finally add hovercraft to its arsenal of regional traffic-fighting tools after East Bay Congressman John Garamen...

Housing Costs and Affordability Remain Top Concerns, while Concerns Soften about the Bay Area’s Notorious Traffic Residents bullish on region’s...

Merging two of the region’s largest commuter rail systems into a single system ringing the bay is a winning idea, according to a vast majority of...