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Opinion: Would Government Reform Lead to Better Outcomes on Key Issues?

Feb 3 2023

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

Renewed Push for SALT Relief in DC

Feb 3 2023

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...

Not Again: Zombie Wealth Tax Bill Returns

Jan 20 2023

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...

Governor’s Proposed Budget Sees Big Deficit, and It Could Get Worse

Jan 13 2023

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

Big Bay Area Wins in Omnibus Package

Jan 6 2023

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

Rivas Emerges as New Assembly Speaker

May 27 2022

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

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

May 13 2022

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

May 6 2022

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

May 6 2022

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

Feb 25 2022

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

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