Press Releases

The strike by BART union workers is having a costly environmental impact on the Bay Area, according to data assembled by the Bay Area Council that ...

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute conservatively put the daily economic cost to the Bay Area of the BART union strike at $73 million a day, a...

The Bay Area Council looks forward to open and productive talks between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet June...

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talks about past presidents and the operation to capture Osama bin Laden. Gov. Jerry Brown argues for more eq...

California’s youngest learners got some good news with Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment on May 30 of Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Georg...

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta seemed to confirm during discussion yesterday at the 2013 Outlook Conference that mysterious Area 51 in th...

Immigration reform that the Bay Area Council has been pressing for several years took a promising step forward this week when a bipartisan bill cle...

California this week took a big leap forward in advancing healthcare reform and creating a high-value health system, among the Bay Area Council’s...

The Bay Area Council on May 22 announced that it is supporting the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) proposed by Governor Jerry Brown in his May...

The Bay Area Council scored several legislative victories this week related to our focus policy work.