Government Relations

Council Brings the Region’s Priorities to D.C. image

Council Brings the Region’s Priorities to D.C.

The Bay Area Council this week stormed (not like that) the nation’s capital to meet with top Congressional leaders and Biden Administration offic...
Council Testifies on Harm of Over-Reaching Federal Anti-Trust Legislation image

Council Testifies on Harm of Over-Reaching Federal Anti-Trust Legislation

The Bay Area’s world-leading innovation economy has flourished in large part because of a free-market system that encourages companies, investors...
Council Hosts Briefing with Attorney General Rob Bonta image

Council Hosts Briefing with Attorney General Rob Bonta

On Tuesday evening (May 3), California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined members of the Bay Area Council Executive Committee and Board of Directors...
Legislation Addresses UC Berkeley Enrollment Freeze image

Legislation Addresses UC Berkeley Enrollment Freeze

New legislation (SB 866) introduced this week (Feb. 21) by state Sen. Scott Weiner (San Francisco) would shield student and faculty residential pro...
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Appointed Housing Committee Chair image

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Appointed Housing Committee Chair

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon this week (Dec. 7) appointed East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee...
Statement on Gov. Newsom’s Recall Victory image

Statement on Gov. Newsom’s Recall Victory

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

Big Win for Housing

Breaking the stranglehold of single-family zoning on California’s housing landscape has long been seen as a critical part of addressing the state...
Council CEO Jim Wunderman Again Named to Capitol Weekly Top 100 image

Council CEO Jim Wunderman Again Named to Capitol Weekly Top 100

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...
California Clean Air Day 2021: Microgrants Program image

California Clean Air Day 2021: Microgrants Program

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...
Council’s D.C. Week Comes at Key Time, Helps Deepen Important Relationships image

Council’s D.C. Week Comes at Key Time, Helps Deepen Important Relationships

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