SPUR’s research, education, and advocacy drive outcomes for Bay Area cities. This year we played an important role in passing state and local legislation to build more affordable housing, secure funding for public transit, reduce carbon emissions, strengthen hazard resilience, and make city government more effective.
In 2025 we:
• Helped pass four state bills that will make it easier to build affordable housing in California
• Helped secured a $750 million short-term loan to save transit service and put a long-term transit funding measure on the 2026 ballot
• Supported 10 Bay Area cities to adopt advanced green building codes
• Released research that is shaping charter reform efforts in San Francisco
• Helped facilitate the mayor’s charter review initiative in Oakland