Government Relations

COUNCIL DELEGATION IN A SACRAMENTO STATE OF MIND

Jobs, high speed rail and CEQA reform were among the hot topics during the Bay Area Council’s successful Sacramento Day visit this past Monday. T...

BAC APPLAUDS APPOINTMENT OF NEW JOBS CZAR

The Bay Area Council heartily applauded Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment this week of Michael Rossi as California jobs czar. “It’s hard to ...

CEQA REFORM COMING? IT JUST MIGHT BE…

Four little letters, so much headache. CEQA, or the California Environmental Quality Act, has been on the Bay Area Council's wish list for reform ...

HAPPINESS, CHALLENGES SURROUND STATE BUDGET PASSAGE AND SIGNING

This week, despite the mixed results of the state budget, the Council celebrated some big victories when funds for the statewide education data sys...

Bay Area Council Leadership Forum Speaker Series: Senator Mark Leno visits the Bay Area Council to talk budget options

Senator Mark Leno, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee visited the Bay Area Council on Friday to talk about the current status of budget negotiati...

Bay Area Council and Coalition of Business Groups Call on Governor to Adopt Five-Point Financial Workout Plan

The Bay Area Council and a coalition of business groups from around the state have sent a letter to Governor Jerry Brown, urging him to re-start ne...

COUNCIL PARTNERS WITH STATE DEPARTMENT TO HOLD SEC. CLINTON’S WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY SUMMIT

Secretary Clinton has vowed to make women’s empowerment across the globe a legacy of her time at the State Department and has enlisted the Bay Ar...

SENATOR MARK LENO DISCUSSES POSSIBLE BUDGET SOLUTIONS

Join the Bay Area Council for lunch with Senator Mark Leno, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee. Senator Leno will discuss California's current fi...

BAC CYBER SECURITY COMMITTEE GOES TO WASHINGTON

In unseasonably summer-like heat and humidity, members of the Council's "Cyber Squad" went covert at Secret Service HQ and stormed Capitol Hill thi...

Press Release: Bay Area Council Urges California Legislature to Embrace the Spirit of Compromise

The Bay Area Council today urged the California Legislature to embrace the spirit of compromise to close the state’s $26.6 billion budget deficit...
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