Government Relations

COUNCIL-BACKED SF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GETS OK

A transit-focused residential tower the Bay Area Council Housing Committee recently endorsed that will add badly needed units to San Francisco’s ...

BAY AREA COUNCIL CEO JIM WUNDERMAN NAMED BY GOV. BROWN TO SERVE ON REGIONAL WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman today (Aug. 31) was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the Board of Directors of the Water Emergency...

WUNDERMAN NAMED ONE OF CA’S TOP 100 MOST POWERFUL (#51)

Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman (who asked that we not run this story - sorry Jim!) on Tuesday (Aug. 25) was named to what has become THE List i...

COUNCIL-BACKED 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HEADS TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

State legislation the Bay Area Council backed to speed construction of mobile communications equipment is headed to the Governor's desk.

BAY AREA COUNCIL MEMBERS ENGAGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERS ON CA’s SKILLS GAP

Top community college and business leaders gathered at the Bay Area Council to discuss a series of recommendations from a new report on California'...

Preparing the Bay Area FOR a COMING MEGA-STORM

California is learning a hard lesson about inadequate drought preparation. But if California’s hydrological record teaches us anything, it’s th...

JIM WUNDERMAN JOINS GOV. BROWN, SPEAKER ATKINS IN CALLING FOR CA ROAD FUNDING

The Bay Area Council this week (Aug. 19) weighed in on the Legislature’s Special Session to address California’s massive road repair problem, j...

UNSNARLING GROWING RICHMOND-SR BRIDGE TRAFFIC

The Bay Area Council on Tuesday (Aug. 18) applauded San Rafael Assemblymember Marc Levine for introducing new legislation (AB 9-1X) that would help...

COUNCIL’S HOUSING COMMITTEE ENDORSES 133-UNIT, TRANSIT-ORIENTED SF HOUSING PROJECT

A hulking, eight-story concrete parking garage near San Francisco’s iconic waterfront would be replaced by badly needed housing under a plan the ...

COUNCIL’S SWIFT ACTION ON CALTRAIN PAYING OFF

The Bay Area Council’s dogged work to increase the speed and capacity of the Caltrain commuter rail service along one of the region’s most econ...
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