March 10, 2026, 5:00 PM Special

Comprehensive update on Berkeley’s Economic Dashboards presenting new and revised data visualizations and metrics to guide City economic development and policymaking, including employment and unemployment trends, workforce participation and wages, small business health and commercial vacancy indicators, sales-tax and other revenue streams, consumer spending and foot-traffic, housing market and affordability metrics, development permits and construction activity, homelessness and supportive housing indicators, sectoral job growth and industry mix, neighborhood-level economic and equity disparities, fiscal forecasting and revenue scenarios, methodological notes and data sources, public-facing interactive tools, and recommended uses for budgeting, recovery initiatives, and targeted economic interventions and proposed implementation timelines.