Government Relations

New legislation (SB 866) introduced this week (Feb. 21) by state Sen. Scott Weiner (San Francisco) would shield student and faculty residential pro...

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon this week (Dec. 7) appointed East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee...

The Bay Area Council today (Sept. 15) issued the following statement on the resounding defeat of an effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. “Than...

Breaking the stranglehold of single-family zoning on California’s housing landscape has long been seen as a critical part of addressing the state...

We’ve frankly lost count of the number of times Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman has been named to the state’s most-watched list of top polit...

On Wednesday, October 6, the Bay Area Council and 250 businesses and organizations across the state will unite to take part in California Clean Air...

With the recent passage of the federal COVID relief package and ahead of an expected federal infrastructure bill, the Bay Area Council’s virtual ...

Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman co-authored the following OpEd with Greater Sacramento Economic Council CEO Barry Broome to highlight how Propos...

As the Bay Area struggles to emerge from one of the worst economic downturns in generations, a raft of general tax measures threatens to hamper wha...