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NEW HEAD OF CA-CHINA TRADE OFFICE ANNOUNCED

Positioning California to attract a growing share of China’s massive foreign investment pool and bolstering California-China trade, the Bay Area ...

Drone Technologies Rapidly Advancing; Policies to Allow Them, Not So Much

With interest in the use of drones for commercial purposes taking flight, the Bay Area Council recently convened a policy roundtable with national ...

BAY AREA COUNCIL UNVEILS 2015 POLICY PRIORITIES

The Bay Area Council this week (Dec. 10) doubled down on its efforts to tackle the region’s most pressing challenges, unveiling a bold policy age...

UCSF CHANCELLOR AND OAKLAND MAYOR-ELECT HEADLINE COUNCIL BOARD MEETING

The Bay Area Council welcomed Oakland Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf and UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood as guest speakers at our Dec. 10 Board of Directors ...

COUNCIL UPDATES LEGISLATIVE STAFF ON 2024 OLYMPIC BID

With a decision expected next week (Dec. 16) on a possible U.S. bid for the 2024 Olympics, the Bay Area Council today (Dec. 12) briefed Bay Area le...

BAY AREA COUNCIL WELCOMES TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Extreme weather could not hold back Oakland Mayor-Elect Libby Schaaf, Chinese Consulate Economic Counselor Xia Xiang, Bay Area Council President an...

NEW ECONOMIC INSTITUTE STUDY CALLS FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL OF CA HIGHER EDUCATION

California’s once-visionary Master Plan for Higher Education has not kept pace with tectonic changes rumbling across the Golden State, according ...

OAKLAND POISED FOR HOUSING BOOM

With housing costs (and demand) soaring in San Francisco and elsewhere in the region, Oakland is poised to see a major surge in new residential rea...

WATER COMMITTEE SETS 2015 PRIORITIES, GETS SNEAK PEEK AT EXTREME WEATHER STUDY

A record turnout braved the Bay Area’s biggest storm in years to attend this Tuesday’s (Dec. 2) meeting of the Bay Area Council Water Committee...

Big Step in Caltrain Modernization, Electrification

The electrification and modernization of one of the region’s critical mass transit systems, which has been among the Bay Area Council’s signatu...
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