Bay Area brain drain: LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EDUCATION GAPS STUNTING ECONOMIC GROWTH, REPORT SAYS.

From: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) | Date: March 24, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Jessie Seyfer

Mar. 24--Despite the Bay Area's status as a nationwide hub for innovation, the region's talent pool is diminishing, according to an economic report to be released today by a coalition of business and government officials.

Baby boomers are retiring, workers are getting squeezed out by the high cost of living and foreign professionals are moving back home, the Bay Area Economic Forum report found.

"These issues, coupled with K-12 education system challenges, put the creative workforce that is the foundation of the Bay Area's prosperity at serious ...

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