Government Relations

AS 2009 closes, the opinion of most Californians is "good riddance." The year ends with record unemployment figures of 12.5 percent, 25 percent hig...

This week Congress passed – and this morning President Obama signed - a $24 billion bill to help the unemployed and support the housing market â€...

A delegation of California’s leading infill developers, architects and land use lawyers participated in a Bay Area Council sponsored trip to Wash...

The ballroom of the Concord Crowne Plaza was filled to over flowing on Friday morning with members of the East Bay business community eager to hear...

For the past year, the Bay Area Council has led the charge to systematically reform our State through a Constitutional Convention.

Senate Leader Dean Florez (D) Shafter, visited the Bay Area Council this week to give us the inside scoop on the state budget woes and what we shou...

The Bay Area Council Delegation got a true taste of Washington D.C. last week – from high powered meetings on Capitol Hill to being caught in a c...

Remember that movie "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?" Just like young Charlie, thanks to Senator Feinstein, last Wednesday my wife Susi and...

Mark your calendar and set your schedule to participate in the Council's annual trip to Washington, D.C. on May 4-6, 2009. Timed for optimum impact...

Election Day was historic and a success for most of the Bay Area Council and its endorsed campaigns.