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JIM WUNDERMAN JOINS GOV. BROWN, SPEAKER ATKINS IN CALLING FOR CA ROAD FUNDING

The Bay Area Council this week (Aug. 19) weighed in on the Legislature’s Special Session to address California’s massive road repair problem, j...

COUNCIL’S HOUSING COMMITTEE ENDORSES 133-UNIT, TRANSIT-ORIENTED SF HOUSING PROJECT

A hulking, eight-story concrete parking garage near San Francisco’s iconic waterfront would be replaced by badly needed housing under a plan the ...

COUNCIL’S SWIFT ACTION ON CALTRAIN PAYING OFF

The Bay Area Council’s dogged work to increase the speed and capacity of the Caltrain commuter rail service along one of the region’s most econ...

COUNCIL READY AS LEGISLATURE RETURNS FOR FINAL SESSION

As the Legislature prepares to reconvene Monday (Aug. 17) for its final session of 2015, the Council is poised to continue its advocacy in Sacramen...

COUNCIL HELPS OPEN DOORS FOR UC DAVIS IN CHINA

Helping companies and organizations build new partnerships and grow their business in China is among the top priorities of the Bay Area Council’s...

CA-CHINA TRADE OFFICE AND VISA WELCOME TOP CHINESE BANKING OFFICIALS

The California-China Office of Trade and Investment hosted California Board of Equalization member Fiona Ma and Assemblymembers Phil Ting and Kanse...

A way to build roads, bridges on time, on budget

The Presidio Parkway linking San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge opened recently and provides an excellent example of how public-private partn...

COUNCIL’S D.C. DELEGATION RECEIVES GOOD NEWS ON KEY ISSUES

Timing is everything. The Bay Area Council this week (July 28-30) arrived in Washington, D.C., as key developments were unfolding on transportation...

FIXING CEQA KEY TO ACHIEVING GOVERNOR’S GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS

With Gov. Jerry Brown meeting this week with the Pope about climate change and his aggressive new targets for reducing California’s greenhouse ga...

WATER, TRANSPORTATION, CYBER AND TRADE LEAD COUNCIL AGENDA ON D.C. TRIP

Just hours after Bay Area Council CEO @JimWunderman on Wednesday (July 22) tweeted to Congressional leaders asking about the possibility of achievi...
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