Government Relations

CA-CHINA TRADE OFFICE AND VISA WELCOME TOP CHINESE BANKING OFFICIALS

The California-China Office of Trade and Investment hosted California Board of Equalization member Fiona Ma and Assemblymembers Phil Ting and Kanse...

A way to build roads, bridges on time, on budget

The Presidio Parkway linking San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge opened recently and provides an excellent example of how public-private partn...

COUNCIL’S D.C. DELEGATION RECEIVES GOOD NEWS ON KEY ISSUES

Timing is everything. The Bay Area Council this week (July 28-30) arrived in Washington, D.C., as key developments were unfolding on transportation...

FIXING CEQA KEY TO ACHIEVING GOVERNOR’S GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS

With Gov. Jerry Brown meeting this week with the Pope about climate change and his aggressive new targets for reducing California’s greenhouse ga...

REPAIRING CALIFORNIA’S LOUSY ROADS: YOU CAN PAY NOW OR YOU CAN PAY NOW

The Bay Area Council is closely watching a special Legislative session that Gov. Jerry Brown has called to identify up to $6 billion in annual fund...

WATER, TRANSPORTATION, CYBER AND TRADE LEAD COUNCIL AGENDA ON D.C. TRIP

Just hours after Bay Area Council CEO @JimWunderman on Wednesday (July 22) tweeted to Congressional leaders asking about the possibility of achievi...

SAVE OUR WATER AND BAY AREA COUNCIL PARTNER TO RELEASE PSA WITH SERGIO ROMO

The Bay Area Council in partnership with Save Our Water – California’s official statewide conservation education program – has released a new...

DAVID CUSH PASSES GAVEL AS BAY AREA COUNCIL CHAIR TO MICHAEL COVARRUBIAS

The Bay Area Council Executive Committee and Board of Directors on Thursday (July 17) applauded Virgin America CEO David Cush for his two years of ...

SENATE PANEL PASSES LEGISLATION TO EXPEDITE DEVELOPMENT OF 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE

On Wednesday (July 16), the Senate Governance and Finance gave its nod to AB 57, authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk and supported by the Bay Area C...

COUNCIL SCORES BIG WINS IN THE STATE CAPITOL

As the Legislature begins its month long summer recess today (July 17) several Bay Area Council-supported bills were passed by legislative policy c...
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