San Francisco Bay Area

September 29, 2025

Jim Wunderman on Regional Stewardship & Statewide Coalition Building

In a wide-ranging interview with Jim Wunderman, CEO of the Bay Area Council (BAC), he reflects on his 20-year tenure, during which the Council grew into one of California’s most influential civic organizations. He also introduces New California Coalition, a new statewide effort he helped form to align statewide business, civic, and regional leaders around four urgent priorities: housing, homelessness, water and energy, and jobs and the economy.

February 3, 2026

A City Now on the Rise: Mayor Daniel Lurie’s State of the City Address

In his State of the City address, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie described the city as a “city on the rise” while outlining an agenda focused on making recent progress durable and broadly shared. Highlighting declines in crime, a strengthened police pipeline, expanded treatment capacity, and a coordinated recovery-first approach to fentanyl and homelessness, Lurie tied improved street conditions to signs of economic resurgence downtown, increased tourism and conference activity, and major global events ahead.

November 17, 2025

A New City for a New Economy: Gabriel Metcalf on California Forever’s Vision

California Forever’s Head of Planning, Gabriel Metcalf, makes the case for reviving the long-dormant American tradition of building new towns as a meaningful response to California’s housing shortage, infrastructure paralysis, and declining economic competitiveness. He outlines a vision for a walkable, transit-connected grid city anchored by advanced manufacturing through the proposed Solano Foundry and shipyard.

May 20, 2019

Wall Street in My Backyard: Anti-Eviction Mapping Project

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project illustrates the influence and interest of Wall Street corporate landlords in California's housing market.

July 18, 2018

Bay Area Council Seeks to Raise a Statewide California Resilience Challenge Fund

Jim Wunderman and Adrian Covert of the Bay Area Council join TPR to discuss the recently announced California Resilience Challenge.

June 12, 2018

BART Faces Bay Area 'Growing Pains & Aging Pains'

Steve Heminger, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and Nick Josefowitz, vice president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors, speak with TPR about managing a regional transportation system that is simultaneously aging and expanding.

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