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Outlook Conference Goes Bigger Better Bolder

May 20 2016

Hundreds of business, government and academic leaders gathered Tuesday, May 17 at the Bay Area Council’s 2016 Outlook Conference presented by Wel...

Keeping up the Fight for Equal Pay

May 6 2016

The Bay Area Council joined with Gap Inc. and the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women on April 29 to convene top business leaders and i...

Landmark SF Parental Paid Leave Policy Passes

Apr 8 2016

San Francisco on Tuesday (April 5) became the first city in the nation to ensure that nearly all employees will have access to fully paid parental ...

Council Endorses Landmark Paid Family Leave Law

Mar 29 2016

There are numerous causes of gender inequity in the Bay Area economy, and almost none can be corrected without change, and sometimes without new, s...

COUNCIL’S 2016 POLICY AGENDA TAKES DEAD AIM AT REGION’S TOP CHALLENGES

Dec 4 2015

The Bay Area Council is taking dead aim at solving the region’s crisis-level housing and traffic problems with a 2016 policy agenda adopted this ...

COUNCIL MOURNS LOSS OF DOUGLAS SHORENSTEIN

Dec 4 2015

Council Chair Michael Covarrubias called for a moment of silence at yesterday’s (Dec. 3) Board of Directors meeting to honor beloved Bay Area bus...

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...

COUNCIL SHARES GENDER EQUITY BEST PRACTICES AT SENATE HEARING

Oct 9 2015

Gender equity best practices of Bay Area Council member companies were features of testimony presented at a special oversight hearing of the Califo...

THE POWER OF FEMALE MILLENNIALS TO DRIVE GENDER EQUITY

Oct 2 2015

As equal pay, paid parental leave, and other traditional topics related to gender equity in the office dominate the headlines, the preferences, out...

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