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SF Mayor Breed Addresses Council Members at Annual Meeting
Aug 31 2018
It was a double-header at the 2018 Annual Members Meeting this week (Aug. 27) as Bay Area Council members gathered at AT&T Park to hear from keynot...

Council Urges Governor’s Signature on Key Bills
Aug 31 2018
It ain’t over until Gov. Brown signs, but the Bay Area Council this week was still cheering one of its most successful legislative campaigns in r...

Council Hosts India’s Technology Minister
Aug 31 2018
On August 28 the Bay Area Council hosted a private dinner in Palo Alto with the Hon. Ravi Shankar Prasad, India’s Minister of Electronics, IT, La...

Council-Backed BART Housing Bill Clears Senate
Aug 24 2018
Legislation the Bay Area Council is supporting that would usher in tens of thousands of new housing units near BART stations passed the Senate this...

Pushing Back on Business, Jobs Taxes
Aug 24 2018
The Bay Area Council is pushing back against a number of Bay Area cities that are teeing up new taxes on the November ballot aimed at jobs and busi...

Council Works the Capitol Halls as Legislative Deadlines Near
Aug 17 2018
State lawmakers were working furiously this week to wrap up the current legislative session and the Bay Area Council was working furiously to ensur...

Breakfast with Ravi Shankar Prasad
Aug 17 2018
The California Business Roundtable, California Chamber of Commerce, Bay Area Council, DLA Piper, and The Westly Group, in partnership with NASSCOM,...

Council Urges Stronger Police Response to BART Crime
Aug 10 2018
Despite a spasm of violent and deadly attacks on BART, wavering confidence in the system and a depleted police force, the mass transportation agenc...

As Housing Crisis Grows, Council Convenes Top Leaders to Identify Solutions
Aug 10 2018
The Bay Area Council Housing Committee on Wednesday (Aug. 8) convened a powerhouse group of elected, labor, government and industry leaders at our ...

New Tariffs to Escalate Construction Costs Impacting Bay Area’s Housing Production and Prices
Aug 3 2018
Tariffs of 20% the Trump administration imposed last year on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, and more recent tariffs of 15% and 10% on steel a...
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