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Remembering Affordable Housing Champion John Stewart

The Bay Area Council lost a good friend and California lost a great champion for low-income housing with the passing of John Stewart on Sept. 5. Jo...
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Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund Announces First Investments

The American Heart Association this week announced the first 10 organizations that will receive investments from the Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund t...
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California Laggin’ – State’s Economic Recovery Stalls

New data released this morning (Sept. 18) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows California’s unemployment rate in August fell to 11.4% from 1...
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Council Hails Signing of Paid Family Leave Legislation

Governor Newsom on Thursday (Sept. 17) signed legislation the Bay Area Council helped create and bring to the finish line that will expand paid fam...
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Council’s Advocacy Helps Secure $1.2 Billion for BART

Gridlock may rule the day in Washington, D.C., but that didn’t stop the Bay Area Council from helping unlock $1.2 billion in federal funding for ...
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CRC Spotlight Series: Gateway Cities Council of Governments

This is one in a series of profiles of the 12 winners of the California Resilience Challenge, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative of the ...
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Scary Skies Call for Urgent Climate Resilience Action

The skies over the Bay Area and much of the West Coast took on an apocalyptic hue this week as record wildfires poured thick, toxic smoke into the ...
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Save The Date: Opportunity for All Summit: Affirmative Action in California

On Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 12noon, the Bay Area Council will be hosting the Opportunity for All Summit presented by Kaiser Permanente and featuring ...
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Council Urges Governor’s Signature on Key Bills, Including Hard-Fought Reform for Nurse Practitioners

After eight long years of focused advocacy, the Bay Area Council joined with other supporters in applauding the hard-fought passage of legislation ...
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Member Spotlight: Waymo

Waymo is a technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. Since its start as the Go...
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