Economy

BAY AREA COUNCIL CEO JIM WUNDERMAN NAMED BY GOV. BROWN TO SERVE ON REGIONAL WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman today (Aug. 31) was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the Board of Directors of the Water Emergency...

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

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

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

BAY AREA COUNCIL MEMBERS ENGAGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERS ON CA’s SKILLS GAP

Top community college and business leaders gathered at the Bay Area Council to discuss a series of recommendations from a new report on California'...

Preparing the Bay Area FOR a COMING MEGA-STORM

California is learning a hard lesson about inadequate drought preparation. But if California’s hydrological record teaches us anything, it’s th...

JIM WUNDERMAN JOINS GOV. BROWN, SPEAKER ATKINS IN CALLING FOR CA ROAD FUNDING

The Bay Area Council this week (Aug. 19) weighed in on the Legislature’s Special Session to address California’s massive road repair problem, j...

SAN JOSE MAYOR HOSTS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE BOARD

San Jose's economy has quietly had a great year and is poised for even more growth. That was the message from Mayor Sam Liccardo as he met with the...

COUNCIL’S SWIFT ACTION ON CALTRAIN PAYING OFF

The Bay Area Council’s dogged work to increase the speed and capacity of the Caltrain commuter rail service along one of the region’s most econ...

CA-CHINA TRADE OFFICE AND VISA WELCOME TOP CHINESE BANKING OFFICIALS

The California-China Office of Trade and Investment hosted California Board of Equalization member Fiona Ma and Assemblymembers Phil Ting and Kanse...

FIXING CEQA KEY TO ACHIEVING GOVERNOR’S GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS

With Gov. Jerry Brown meeting this week with the Pope about climate change and his aggressive new targets for reducing California’s greenhouse ga...
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