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Responding to Open Letter on Tesla Gigafactory
Aug 27 2014
An “open letter” penned this week by the California Budget Project and other so-called “budget watchdogs” from states competing to secure t...

State Pension Board Undermines 2012 Reforms
Aug 22 2014
You might be surprised to learn that simply doing the job you were hired to do entitles you to extra pay. That is, unless you’re on the board of ...

TESLA GIGA PLANT IS WORTH THE FIGHT
Aug 18 2014
The Bay Area Council has been advocating over the past several months for California to step up its game in competing for Tesla's proposed Gigafact...

SHUTTLE PILOT PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN SAN FRANCISCO
Aug 4 2014
The Bay Area Council today (Aug. 1) hailed the launch of the 18-month Commuter Shuttles Pilot Program that will keep thousands of cars off already ...

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CA BUSINESS CLIMATE
Aug 4 2014
The Bay Area Council’s Government Relations Committee last week (June 30) focused its attention on California’s often-maligned business climate...

HEALTHCARE EMERGING AS MAJOR OPPORTUNITY IN CHINA
Jul 25 2014
China's growing wave of seniors, along with other massive demographic changes, is creating tremendous new opportunities for healthcare companies as...

HELPING OUR NATION’S VETERANS FIND JOBS IN TECH INDUSTRY
Jul 2 2014
Over the next five years, more than one million highly skilled U.S. military veterans will enter the civilian workforce. The Bay Area Council and m...

GOOD NEWS IN STATE BUDGET FOR BAY AREA COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Jul 2 2014
Gov. Jerry Brown traveled south on June 20 to sign a state budget that acknowledges several of the Bay Area Council’s top policy priorities. The ...

Program Council Backed Awards First Round of Job-Creating Tax Credits
Jul 2 2014
The first round of a series of job-creating tax credits the Bay Area Council advocated for last year were awarded on June 19 to 29 companies around...

Bay Area Council Supports 2024 Olympic Bid
Jun 13 2014
The Bay Area Council today applauded the announcement that San Francisco is being considered as a possible bid city by the United States Olympic Co...
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