What do you see as the biggest challenge for continued growth in the East Bay? Sounds like transit is one, economic development. But what do

We've been talking to a lot of elected officials recently in the East Bay, but today we're going to take a different look on what's going on

So let's dive into some things that are happening in Contra Costa County. One of the big ones is a few years ago, the county has passed

welcome to The Capstone Conversation. I'm your host, Jared Ash. Today, I'm joined by Ron Gerber. Ron is a former Economic Development

I want to pivot to more about this homeless initiative. You guys are working on the JPA, right? Talk about some of the specific steps or

pivot and talk about downtown Fairfield. You guys have a lot going on. I just had economic development cause I do some economic development,

Let's talk about transportation taxes, right? Cause you talked about we're moving to a zero emission vehicle. So nobody's buying gas, maybe

welcome to the Capstone Conversation. I'm your host, Jared Ash. I'm joined by Tim Hale, the head of the Contra Costa Transit Authority,

the thing that's on my mind is I have three young daughters, right, all under the age of nine, is how do I teach them to be open minded,

Councilman Wilk, let's talk about what happened in June. What has spurred this message of hate? We know that there was a rise in anti

Hi, I'm Jared Ash with the Capstone Conversation. I'm here with Councilwoman Norma Martinez -Rubin from the city of Pinole in Contra Costa

I do a lot of economic development consulting, helping a number of cities, a number of business improvement districts grow, and a lot of the

going to introduce Ed DelBaccaro of TRI Commercial Real Estate. Why are we talking to a commercial broker? Part of that is because for

from a broker's perspective, what makes one city better than another? Talk specifically about that approval process. Let's talk about that.

How does the chamber and other business organizations work with the city to be that vehicle to attract businesses? Then maybe Judy, if you

development is always a question I ask, what is Pleasant Hill doing to attract new business as to the city? Whether a it's new restaurant, a

tell me within your city, you have something pretty exciting going on that you've been working your whole tenure on and will continue to be