For the first time since early 2001, the unemployment rate in the East Bay has dropped below 4 percent, dropping from 4.1 percent in April to 3.9 percent in May as the number of employed residents ticked up by 2,400 to 1,372,600. Alameda County, which includes Oakland, accounted for... Read More »

While the inventory of homes listed for sale in San Francisco is running 17.9 percent higher versus the same time last year, recorded sales for single-family homes and condos in the city dropped 5.0 percent in September and are down 13.9 percent versus the same time last year, according... Read More »

The number of people living in San Francisco with a job slipped by 700 from August to September and now totals a revised 535,700 with an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent – the lowest unemployment rate since December 2000 and down from over 9 percent in January 2010 –... Read More »

Having slipped by about a thousand in June, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job jumped by 6,500 in July and now totals a record 532,100, up 20,900 versus the same time last year and an increase of 95,400 since January 2010, a 22 percent... Read More »

The number of people living in San Francisco with a job slipped from an upwardly revised record 526,500 in May to 526,100 in June but remains 19,300 higher on a year-over year basis. At the same time, East Bay employment increased by 2,200 to a record 1,303,000, up 28,000... Read More »

To quote San Francisco’s Planning Department which is pushing to develop a cohesive, long-term plan for the city: “We need to collaborate with our immediate geographic neighbors to develop a shared vision and strategic approach to ensure San Francisco’s – and the region’s – long term economic, social and... Read More »