Government Relations

Gov. Newsom on Wednesday (March 24) focused his attention on the city he once led, convening top San Francisco business leaders for a discussion on...

The much-anticipated, but often obscure Suspense File process in the California Legislature for the Appropriations Committees culminated this week ...

Gov. Newsom today (May 12) unveiled his May budget revision and the overall picture has worsened since he first proposed his spending plan in Janua...

The Bay Area Council’s biggest package of legislation in recent memory crossed an important milestone last week when 10 of our 11 sponsored bills...

Money—and more accurately, taxpayer money–often seems to be the solution to many of the problems that ail us, from homelessness, to educati...

When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 passed in November of that year, many Americans and U.S. businesses hailed its lower rates and simplified pr...

Like a zombie from a B-grade horror movie, it appears legislation to chase away jobs and investment by raising taxes on high-income earners is pois...

The state’s reservoirs may be filling from historic rainfall, but the budget coffers are not enjoying a similar downpour. Gov. Newsom this week (...

The Bay Area’s global innovation and technological dominance was on full display this week when Bay Area Council member Lawrence Livermore Nation...

Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) today released a statement announcing he has secured enough votes within the Democratic Caucus to become th...