Government Relations

BAY AREA COUNCIL JOINS IN WELCOMING CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING

At a Seattle welcome dinner co-hosted this week (Sept. 22) by the Asia Society, Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman represented the Co...

COUNCIL CHEERS IMPORTANT CEQA WIN; MONITORS OTHER KEY CASE

In a closely watched case in which the Bay Area Council submitted an amicus brief, the California State Court of Appeals ended one of the most draw...

COUNCIL PREPARES FOR TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

The Bay Area Council on Wednesday (Sept. 23) held a Joint Government Relations and Transportation Committee meeting with California State Senator B...

COUNCIL-BACKED BILL Seeks COMMUTE RELIEF FOR STATE’S GOLDEN GOOSE: THE 101 CORRIDOR

The Bay Area Council continues progressing on its initiative to bring widespread commute relief to the most economically productive region in the c...

ALL EYES ON THE BAY

The San Francisco Bay took the spotlight this week (Sept. 14) at two major events focused on building greater waterfront resilience in the face of ...

CA-CHINA TRADE OFFICE Joins US-CLIMATE LEADER SUMMIT IN LA

As announced by the White House, the California-China Office of Trade and Investment (CTO) stood alongside powerful partners at this week’s offic...

DAMNING REPORT ON PROPOSED HOUSING MORATORIUM

A damning report released today (Sept. 11) by the San Francisco Office of Economic Analysis put an exclamation point on the Bay Area Council’s op...

GETTING BAY HEALTHY AT HEALTHIEST EMPLOYERS AWARDS

Bay Healthy was front and center this week (Sept. 3) at San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal's Healthiest Employers Awa...

COUNCIL PUSHING BACK ON HOUSING RESTRICTIONS AND “JOBS TAX”

The Bay Area Council is pushing back against efforts to impose restrictions and fees that would further limit housing and job growth.

COUNCIL WELCOMES GOVERNOR’S DRAFT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FRAMEWORK

The Bay Area Council reacted positively to a draft framework unveiled by Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday (Sept. 3) that would generate $3.6 billion annua...
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