Government Relations

FASCINATING BUSINESS INSIGHTS FROM EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER

For 15 years, Edelman has conducted its annual study on trust – the Edelman Trust Barometer – which in total surveys 33,000 respondents in 27 c...

TRANSPORTATION TECH-CONGRESS COLLIDE AT COUNCIL MEETING

The Bay Area Council under the leadership of Transportation Committee Chair and Arup Principal John Eddy on March 12 hosted an invigorating discuss...

COUNCIL READIES RECOMMENDATIONS ON DROUGHT RESPONSE

With the Sierra snowpack at a measly 19 percent of average and statewide water conservation efforts showing mixed results, the Bay Area Council’s...

Council Convenes Lively Debate on Housing Moratoria

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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 ...
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