21st Century Infrastructure Archives : Page 8 of 11 : Bay Area Council

COUNCIL’S SACRAMENTO ADVOCACY PAID OFF IN 2015

Oct 16 2015

As the deadline (Oct. 11) passed for the Governor to sign or veto bills, the Bay Area Council’s advocacy paid off in a big way as the Governor si...

BIG QUESTIONS LOOM ABOUT EXPANDING CLEAN ENERGY

Sep 11 2015

Even as legislation to raise California's renewable energy targets faltered this week, big questions loom about how California is going to incorpor...

WUNDERMAN NAMED ONE OF CA’S TOP 100 MOST POWERFUL (#51)

Aug 28 2015

Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman (who asked that we not run this story - sorry Jim!) on Tuesday (Aug. 25) was named to what has become THE List i...

COUNCIL-BACKED 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HEADS TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

Aug 28 2015

State legislation the Bay Area Council backed to speed construction of mobile communications equipment is headed to the Governor's desk.

A way to build roads, bridges on time, on budget

Aug 6 2015

The Presidio Parkway linking San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge opened recently and provides an excellent example of how public-private partn...

DAVID CUSH PASSES GAVEL AS BAY AREA COUNCIL CHAIR TO MICHAEL COVARRUBIAS

Jul 17 2015

The Bay Area Council Executive Committee and Board of Directors on Thursday (July 17) applauded Virgin America CEO David Cush for his two years of ...

SENATE PANEL PASSES LEGISLATION TO EXPEDITE DEVELOPMENT OF 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE

Jul 17 2015

On Wednesday (July 16), the Senate Governance and Finance gave its nod to AB 57, authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk and supported by the Bay Area C...

BAY AREA COUNCIL POLL CAPTURES RESIDENTS’ THOUGHTS ON Economy, DROUGHT, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION

Jun 26 2015

The Bay Area Council this week (June 23) released results of our region-wide 2015 Bay Area Council Poll, the only survey of its kind that provides ...

2015 Bay Area Council Poll: Residents Say Soaring Economy May Be Plateauing; Drought, Housing and Crime Surface as Top Issues

Jun 23 2015

Bay Area residents think the region’s super-heated economy may be reaching a plateau, according to results of the 2015 Bay Area Council Poll rele...

A GOVERNOR, THREE MAYORS AND A SECRETARY OF STATE WALKED INTO A CONFERENCE…

May 22 2015

With Sacramento awash in tax revenue, Gov. Jerry Brown told a full house of 600 Bay Area business leaders at the 2015 Outlook Conference on Thursda...

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