Bay Area Council
Transfer Taxes, Trust Funds and CEQA: The Nov. 3 Ballot Measures Bay Area Developers Are Watching
With ballots already in voters' hands, a slate of Nov. 3 measures, from a San Francisco change to how foreclosed commercial property is...
Concord Gets Its Green Light From Sacramento as Brisbane Races the Clock on 2,200-Home Baylands Plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature on SB 328 has handed Concord and master developer Brookfield Properties a streamlined path to more than 12,000 homes...
Newsom Signs SB 328, Clearing Brookfield’s Path to 12,272 Homes at Former Concord Naval Weapons Station
A newly signed state law removes the former Concord Naval Weapons Station from the Surplus Land Act's disposition rules and exempts plan-consistent development...
Kilroy Pitches Flexible Flower Mart Plan With Up to 3,532 Homes and 600-Foot Towers in Central SoMa
In an informational hearing on Oct. 1, the Planning Commission got a first look at Gensler's design framework for the 6.5-acre Brannan Street...
Lurie Declares San Francisco ‘Rent Emergency,’ Backs $30MM Package as AI Boom Drives Record Rents
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency and threw his weight behind a roughly $30 million spending plan and six ordinances...
Brisbane Baylands Returns to Planning Commission Aug. 13, Weeks After State Revokes City’s Housing Compliance
Brisbane's Planning Commission will take up the Baylands Specific Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report on Aug. 13, its seventh hearing on the...
CEQA Overhaul Measure Lands 73% Support in New PPIC Poll, Handing California Developers an Early Tailwind
A new statewide survey shows commanding, cross-partisan support for a November ballot measure that would impose hard deadlines on California's landmark environmental review...
California Strips Brisbane of Local Control After City Misses Rezoning Deadline on 660-Acre Baylands Project
State housing regulators have decertified the San Mateo County city of Brisbane after it failed to rezone the sprawling Baylands redevelopment on time,...
Bay Area Transit Ridership Surges to Post-COVID High as BART, Muni and Caltrain Refill Ahead of November Funding Vote
Bay Area transit agencies are posting their strongest ridership since the pandemic, with BART recording its best four-month stretch since the 2020 shutdowns...
Bay Area Mayors and Lawmakers Map Path to Faster Housing Production at Bay Area Council’s Summit
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks told a gathering of regional business leaders that cutting development...
Bay Area Transit Tax Measure Clinches November Ballot Spot, Setting Up $980MM Funding Fight
Connect Bay Area submitted more than 305,000 signatures for SB 63's five-county sales tax, but business and taxpayer groups are already mobilizing against...
San Francisco’s Tax Code Emerges as Biggest Drag on Downtown Recovery, New Report Finds
Bay Area Council Economic Institute study shows the city's business tax burden dwarfs peer cities, with a hypothetical tech firm paying triple what...
