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Council Convenes Lively Debate on Housing Moratoria
Mar 2 2015
A standing room-only crowd at the Bay Area Council Conference Center was treated to a lively discussion on Thursday (Feb. 26) about the roots of th...

PENINSULA’S HIGHWAY 101 TRAFFIC CRISIS DESERVES AND GETS ACTION
Feb 23 2015
The Bay Area Council’s work over the past year to speed traffic relief on the badly congested Highway 101 corridor between San Francisco and San ...

PROPOSED HOUSING MORATORIUMS: GREAT IDEA OR MADNESS?
Feb 23 2015
The Bay Area Council is responding quickly to a troubling move by several Bay Area cities to impose moratoriums on new housing. After the Council v...

COUNCIL JOINS TOP LEADERS TO DISCUSS CALIFORNIA’S WATER FUTURE
Feb 23 2015
With a record dry January leading California into its 4th year of drought, Capitol Weekly and the University of California on Thursday held their a...

COUNCIL CONVENES HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSION ON CYBERSECURITY ISSUES
Feb 23 2015
The Bay Area Council’s Cybersecurity Committee met this week (Feb. 19) in Sacramento to discuss with top state officials the key issues at the ce...

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CELEBRATES MICHAEL SCANLON
Feb 23 2015
Michael Scanlon, the retiring General Manager of the San Mateo County Transit District, was the featured speaker at the Bay Area Council Transporta...

COUNCIL OPPOSES EMERYVILLE HOUSING MORATORIUM
Feb 17 2015
Placing a moratorium on building new housing at a time when the Bay Area is experiencing a major housing shortage and affordability crisis isn’t ...

DAMAGING PORT SHUTDOWN MUST END
Feb 17 2015
The Bay Area Council this week (Feb. 13) publicly called for an end to the more than nine-month labor dispute that has brought the Port of Oakland ...

BAY AREA COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO DAMAGING WEST COAST PORTS LABOR DISPUTE
Feb 9 2015
Following the weekend (Feb. 7-8) closure of the Port of Oakland and 28 other West Coast ports over a long-running contract dispute, the Bay Area Co...

ASSEMBLY HEALTHCARE LEADER ROB BONTA SHARES 2015 PRIORITIES
Feb 9 2015
The Bay Area Council Healthcare Committee today (Feb. 6) met with Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), the new Chair of the Assembly Health Commit...
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