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COUNCIL’S WUNDERMAN APPOINTED TO STATE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD

Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman was honored to be appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to serve on the California International Trade and...

COUNCIL-BACKED HEALTHCARE BILL PASSES CALIFORNIA SENATE

This week (May 4), a bill the Bay Area Council supports that would give nurse practitioners the ability to serve the California healthcare system t...

CREATION OF A NEW SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS IN MOTION

Between now and September the State Board of Education will take important steps toward reinventing California’s accountability system for K-12 s...

COUNCIL WORKING ON SOLUTIONS TO REGIONAL HOUSING CRISIS

The Bay Area must create more workforce housing if we are to sustain healthy economic growth, continue to attract and retain top talent and address...

COUNCIL RESPONDS TO GOVERNOR’S NEW GHG TARGETS

Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman made the following statement in response to Gov. Jerry Brown's announcement of an Executive Order ...

Bay Area Council Derides Hetch Hetchy Lawsuit

The Bay Area Council took strong exception to a lawsuit filed by the group Restore Hetch Hetchy that seeks to tear down the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir ...

Bay Area Council Statement on Gov. Brown’s New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

The Bay Area Council today (April 29) issued the following statement in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s announcement of an Executive Order setting...

ECONOMIC INSTITUTE’S TRACEY GROSE TO CHAIR STATE CONTROLLER’S NEW COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS

Bay Area Council Economic Institute Vice President Tracey Grose has been appointed by state Controller Betty T. Yee to chair her new Council of Eco...

COUNCIL’S ADVOCACY HELPS MOVE HEALTHCARE COST REDUCTION BILL

Important healthcare legislation the Bay Area Council has worked for the past year to pass cleared an important hurdle this week (April 20) in the ...

NEW REPORT PUTS DAMAGE TOLL FROM OVERDUE MEGA STORM AT $10.4 BILLION

From drought to deluge, California and the Bay Area can expect increasingly dramatic weather swings as the effects of climate change become more pr...
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