Bay Area Council
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...
Bay Area Leaders Say Silence Is Not a Strategy as Immigration Enforcement Threatens Regional Economy
At a convening of civic, business, and philanthropic leaders, a cross-sector coalition outlines a coordinated defense of the region’s immigrant workforce and the...
AvalonBay Communities Wins Unanimous Approval for 323-Unit Expansion at Mountain View’s 555 West Middlefield Road
The multifamily REIT’s parking-to-housing conversion, a decade in the making, clears its final council hurdle with a redesign that swaps underground garages for...
Hudson Pacific Targets Office-to-Residential Conversion at 205,000-SQFT Landmark 901 Market Street in San Francisco
The Los Angeles-based REIT disclosed the repositioning during its Q4 2025 earnings call, removing the 1912-era building from its in-service office portfolio as...
San Francisco Launches Tax Incentive District to Convert Empty Office Towers into 4,400 New Homes
The Downtown Revitalization Financing District is the city’s boldest move yet to address a stubborn vacancy crisis—but with zero completed conversions in four...
San Jose Grapples with Housing Crisis as Development Costs Outpace Rent Growth
A comprehensive study reveals why thousands of entitled units remain unbuilt in Silicon Valley’s largest city In a city that has entitled nearly...
