 The Bay Citizen - Bay Area Biz Still Pessimistic
9/27/10 - A new quarterly survey just released by the Bay Area Council finds that gloom and doom are persisting among the region's executives. Read the story...
KGO TV - Survey shows drop in confidence about recovery
9/27/10 - The number of Bay Area executives who think the economy is better now than it was six months ago has decreased by 17 percent since May, according to a quarterly survey by the Bay Area Council. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - Bay Area execs' confidence slips a bit
9/24/10 - Still positive, only less so. That's the message from the Bay Area Council's latest survey of business confidence in these parts. Read the story...
San Francisco Business Times - Local CEOs nervous, but some still hiring
9/23/10 - The Bay Area Council said Thursday its recent survey showed that confidence in the economy has taken a hit. Read the story...
AP - Calif. expo advocates would use old Navy air base
9/13/10 - Advocates for a bid to host California's first World Expo since 1940 see its potential placement at a former military air base in the Silicon Valley as a masterstroke with the possibility to create research facilities and showcase the state's high-technology region. Read the story...
San Jose Mercury News - Plans unveiled for bid to put World Expo 2020 at Moffett Field
9/12/10 - While still barely a gleam in the governor's eye, plans to try to bring the World Expo 2020 to Silicon Valley inched forward Saturday, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger formally announced his bid during a visit to the Shanghai World Expo and identified Moffett Field as the host site. Read the story...
KTVU - Governor to Lobby for Another World Expo in Bay Area
9/8/10 - If the Governor has his way, the Bay Area will host another World's Fair in the next ten years. Read the story...
San Jose Mercury News - California preparing bid to host 2020 World Expo in Silicon Valley
9/8/10 -Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger held a news conference Wednesday morning at the Santa Clara offices of chip maker Marvell Technology Group, a public pep rally for his six-day trade mission to Asia that begins today.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Schwarzenegger to pitch Bay Area World Expo
9/8/10 -Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will make a pitch for the Bay Area to host the world's fair in 2020 when he visits the Shanghai World Expo later this week, The Chronicle has learned. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - Schwarzenegger bound for Asia on trade mission
9/7/10 -Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leading a trade mission to Asia this week to promote California products and to help secure what he said could amount to billions of dollars in business for companies in the state. Read the story...
San Jose Mercury News - Bring the World Expo to Silicon Valley in 2020
8/29/10 - Lately, it seems like you can't read a newspaper, turn on the TV or go online without hearing about China's rise and America's demise. Read the story...
San Francisco Business Times - What businesses need to get moving
8/13/10 - Health care reform. New financial regulations. A lack of consumer spending. Add them up and businesses all around the country are feeling beat up right now. Read the story...
Life - Gov. Schwarzenegger Discusses State Budget With Bay Area Council Members
8/6/10 - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger smiles as he speaks to members of the Bay Area Council August 6, 2010 in Santa Clara, California. Governor Schwarzenegger spoke to business leaders about California's economy as state legislatures continue to battle over California's budget which is now almost six weeks overdue.
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CBS 5 - Schwarzenegger Talks Budget In Santa Clara
8/6/10 - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed some of the Bay Area's top business leaders Friday, calling for legislators to come together and make compromises in order to pass the state's budget. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - Peninsula, business groups rail over high-speed
8/4/10 - Last week, the head of the Bay Area Council took an epistolary 2-by-4 to the mayors and city councils of five Peninsula cities, citing their "obstructionist policies" in connection with California's most ambitious infrastructure project of the past 50 years. Read the story...
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - Bay Area Council chief knocks high-speed rail critics
8/3/10 - The head of the Bay Area Council business group has warned leaders in five cities south of San Francisco that their opposition could kill the $45 billion high-speed rail project connecting Northern and Southern California.
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Oakland Tribune - Forum weighs pros and cons of AB 32, Prop. 23
7/23/10 - The Bay Area Council held a terrific forum yesterday on AB 32, California’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction law, and this November’s Proposition 23, which would suspend the law’s implementation. Read the story...
Triple Pundit - Calif. Climate Law Supporters Begin Ballot Battle
7/23/10 - November is just 15 weeks away, and the battle over Proposition 23, a ballot measure that would suspend the implementation of California’s landmark climate change legislation, AB32, is heating up. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - Shanghai Expo shows a can-do China
7/23/10 - Before it closes in October, 70 million people - the vast majority Chinese - will visit the World Expo in Shanghai. Like the Beijing Olympics and staged on the epic scale we have come to expect from China, it has a subtext: China has arrived, and in a big way. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - America's Cup in S.F. a $1.4 billion anchor
7/19/10 - Sailing may not be as popular as football in this country, but hosting the world's premier regatta would pack at least three times the economic punch for San Francisco as a Super Bowl. Read the story...
San Francisco Examiner - Bay Area Council supports feds' 'Perfect Citizen' program
7/13/10 - Local leaders are jumping on board the federal government’s recent announcement to crack down on Internet assaults on private companies, which threaten government business and the economy. Read the story...
San Francisco Examiner - Bay Area Council backs governor's pension reform plans
7/8/10 - With Sacramento still at an impasse over how to solve California’s $19 billion budget deficit, the Bay Area Council announced its firm support for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pension reform plan. Read the story...
San Francisco Examiner - Electric Vehicle Corridor in Bay Area takes another step forward
6/27/10 - Business leaders and climate change groups recently joined the Bay Area Council and the Business Council on Climate Change to talk about creating a viable electric vehicle corridor in the Bay Area. Read the story...
San Francisco Examiner - Bay Area Council opens office in Shanghai
6/20/10 - Just like everywhere else in the nation, the Bay Area is limping its way back to economic recovery; with that comes new opportunities, including the Bay Area’s Council’s first overseas office in the Yangpu District of Shanghai. Read the story...
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - Bay Area Council opens China office
6/18/10 - The Bay Area Council opened its first overseas global office in Shanghai, China, a move council officials say is a sign of the exploding importance to the Silicon Valley and Bay Area economy. Read the story...
Shanghai Daily - Is Yangpu the next Silicon Valley?
6/18/10 - This week the spotlight is on Yangpu District, focusing on building its economy around innovative industries. The district has attracted the Bay Area Council of San Francisco, California, to open its first overseas office in Shanghai. Read the story...
Vallejo Times Herald - Local execs tend to be cautious about recovery
6/15/10 - More than half of Bay Area top executives think regional economic conditions are better now than six months ago and are improving, though those in Solano County aren't so sure, a new report reveals. Read the story...
San Jose Mercury News - Bay Area business leaders turn upbeat about economy
6/10/10 - You can thank iPad sales or health care hiring or even the new Tesla electric-car operation coming to Fremont. Whatever the reasons, Bay Area business leaders have turned surprisingly gung-ho on the region's economic outlook, according to the latest survey by the local business group Bay Area Council. Read the story...
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - Survey: Bay Area business confidence highest in 5 years
6/10/10 - Bay Area CEOs and top executives have the highest level of business confidence since July 2005, according to results of the quarterly Business Confidence Survey released Thursday by the Bay Area Council. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle, A-1- Bay Area execs see bright business future
6/10/10 - In a striking turnaround, the Bay Area's top executives feel markedly more confident in the region's economy than they did just months ago, according to a survey to be released Friday by a local business group. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - Business leaders split on bid to delay AB32
5/10/10 - California's business leaders are divided over a ballot initiative that would delay implementation of AB32, the landmark legislation to combat global warming, in part by raising the cost of carbon-based fuel. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - State education cuts hurt economy, report says
5/6/10 - Political gridlock in Sacramento threatens the Bay Area's economy by undermining the educational system needed to train a 21st century work force, says a report being issued today by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. Read the story...
Oakland Tribune - Regional rebound faces hurdles
5/6/10 - The Bay Area is being undermined by problems that could weaken it long-term and demolish its ability to benefit from an economic rebound, according to a report scheduled for release today. Read the story...
San Francisco Examiner - Bay Area’s recovery hinges on fixing state government
5/6/10 - California’s broken government is the biggest threat to the Bay Area’s economy, according to a new study. The report, released today by the Bay Area Council, details the region’s economic outlook, pointing to the dire need to reform state and local government in order to preserve the local economy. Read the story...
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - Bay Area recovery seen facing threats
5/6/10 - The Bay Area is emerging from the recession strong but with significant threats to its future, a report issued by a business group said Thursday. Read the story...
Vacaville Reporter - Solano County officials told: Preschool Education Extremely Important
4/1/10 - Matt Regan worries about two things: high school dropout rates of 25 percent in California and the need to make preschool education a priority. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - Bay Area Council: More hiring than laying off
3/4/10 - There's a first time for everything, even for increased job hiring in the Bay Area. For the first time in almost two years, according to a survey of CEOs to be released today, more local companies are planning to increase the size of their workforce than are planning layoffs. Read the story...
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - Bay Area Council: Job market moves into positive territory
3/4/10 - For the first time in 20 months, more Bay Area companies are planning to increase the size of their workforce than are planning layoffs, according to a report Thursday from the Bay Area Council. Read the story...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - North Bay employers report hiring upswing
3/4/10 - North Bay employers plan more hiring than layoffs in the next six months, the first time in nearly two years that companies expect net job growth, according to a business survey released Thursday. Read the story...
San Francisco Business Times - Bay Area may be poised for hiring upswing
3/4/10 - Bay Area companies said they are ready to begin hiring for the first time since the Great Recession took hold, according to a business confidence survey released Thursday. Read the story...
San Francisco Chronicle - Bay Area Council setting up shop in Shanghai
2/11/10 - If you're looking to do business in Shanghai, the Bay Area Council will soon be on the ground there to help. The council, the 275-member business and public policy organization, is set to open a permanent office there as soon as April. Read the story...
San Francisco Business Times - Bay Area Council opening China office
2/10/10 - The Bay Area Council is setting up an office in Shanghai to help Bay Area businesses expand into China, as well as to help Chinese businesses locate in the Bay Area. Jim Wunderman, the council’s president and CEO, made the announcement at a breakfast co-sponsored by the Asia Society Northern California honoring developer Vincent Lo on Wednesday. Read the story...
San Francisco Business Times - Bay Area Council group stalks database crimes
1/8/10 - The Bay Area Council is launching a cyber security working group to get stronger and more uniform national regulations governing database crime and the reporting requirements for companies. Read the story...
New York Times - An Accidental Reformer Takes on the Constitution
11/21/09 - Jim Wunderman hardly seems like someone you would peg to be a founding father of a new California. He is not a politician or a lawyer or a scholar, but the staff leader for a Bay Area business group. Read the story...
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