Government Relations

CEQA LAWSUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE PROGRAM

The Bay Area Council called “misguided and misdirected” a lawsuit filed this week seeking to block an employee shuttle pilot program that the S...

BALANCING ACT: BIG DATA, PRIVACY AND SECURITY

As the Bay Area Council prepares for its May 19 advocacy trip to D.C. that will focus in large part on cyber security and related issues, the Obama...

New Study Finds Expanding Scope of Nurse Practitioners Would Save CA $1.8 Billion

Expanding the patient services that licensed nurse practitioners can provide would help California address a serious and growing shortage of primar...

Meeting with Sec. Hillary Clinton Cements Partnership on Early Childhood Education

The Bay Area Council was honored this week to meet with Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton and cement our partnership with Too Small to Fail and The Clint...

MEETING WITH TOP U.S. TRADE OFFICIAL COINCIDES WITH NEW EU-BAY AREA ECONOMIC REPORT

With a new round of negotiations beginning last month on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), the timing was perfect for a m...

BAY AREA COUNCIL HAILS DECISION ON SF COMMUTER SHUTTLES

The Bay Area Council hailed the decision by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 1 that allows an innovative commuter shuttle pilot prog...

BAY AREA COUNCIL JOINS LEADER PELOSI IN CALLING FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

The Bay Area Council on March 28 joined Leader Nancy Pelosi and other community leaders to call for comprehensive immigration reform this year. Exe...

NEW POLL: VAST MAJORITY OF SF VOTERS SUPPORT COMMUTER SHUTTLES AND BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE

Recent protests of employee commute shuttles that have captured headlines around the globe do not appear to reflect the views of a large majority o...

UC President Janet Napolitano briefs members on top issues

Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California and former Secretary of Homeland Security, met this week with Bay Area Council members ...

Council Applauds Google’s $6.8 Million Gift for SF MUNI Kids Program

The Bay Area Council today (Feb. 27, 2014) applauded the announcement by Google that it will fund San Francisco MUNI’s Kids Ride Free program, wh...
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