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CEQA Exemptions for Sustainable Transit: SB288 and SB922
What is SB288? The purpose of SB288 (Wiener) is to reduce the time and cost of delivering sustainable transportation projects across California by exempting certain projects from CEQA that are in the public right of …
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Bay Area Bridge Crossings Monthly Tracker
Explore the traffic tracker here. Each month, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute compiles data from the region’s 7 state-owned toll bridges, as well as ridership data from BART, Caltrain, Muni, WETA, and the Golden …
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Bay Area Job Watch
Bay Area Economy Continues Recovery but Still Lags the Nation March 31, 2022 The Bay Area added 24,500 jobs in February and outpaced the nation in job growth over the past 12 months but still …
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Bay Area Job Watch
Bay Area Economic Growth Estimates for 2021 Revised Upwards March 21, 2022 Bay Area job growth in 2021 was revised upward in annual revisions released in March 2022 by EDD. At the same time, unemployment …
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China’s Companies Fall in Line
March 21, 2022 In 2020, China began to crackdown on technology companies through regulations and politics. Now in 2022, China’s massive tech sector collectively and publicly fell in line with China’s government and the Communist …
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End of 2021 marks a steady year of job growth, though regional recovery still lagging
New data for December 2021 show modest gains in employment for the Bay Area, California, and nation overall, ending a year of slow but steady job growth. While the first half of 2021 was marked …
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Webinar: China’s Greater Bay Area and Ours: Can We Collaborate
China is rapidly connecting Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong Province into a regional finance, technology, manufacturing and tourism hub of 86 million people. Over the next decade, this Greater Bay Area (GBA) …
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Bay Area Job Watch
Some Good News After Large Job Losses in 2020 January 6, 2021 Bay Area job losses in 2020 were a larger percent than in the state and nation. But in 2021 Bay Area and state …
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San Francisco’s labor force one of the slowest to recover among large US metro areas
As of November 2021, San Francisco’s labor force – defined as those employed or looking for work – is still down 78,000, or 3% from pre-pandemic levels. Our region’s recovery remains one of the slowest …
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Viewpoint: Why the Bay Area’s Innovation Connection to Israel is so Tight
December 9, 2021 Unique economic ties link the Bay Area and California with Israel. For a nation of only 9.3 million people, Israel has an extraordinary record of generating technology and startups. Its role as …
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Bay Area Job Watch
The Recovery Gains Momentum and More Hopeful News November 22, 2021 Bay Area job growth accelerated in September and October. At the same time VC funding has reached record levels, housing permits have begun to …
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Return to Transit Survey – October Results
The following presentation contains seven months of survey results. Each survey was sent through the Bay Area Council Employer Network; a group of over 100 employers who signed up to participate in the survey. Employers …