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VIEW FROM SACRAMENTO: ELECTION ANALYSIS

There is plenty of anxious hand-wringing among business groups and fiscal conservatives statewide – and perhaps even among those that aren’t ne...

Q3 BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SURVEY SHOWS CEOS STILL HOLDING PAT ON NEW HIRING

The Bay Area Council on October 26 released its third quarter results of Business Confidence Survey, with more employers saying they’ll stand pat...

VIEW FROM SACRAMENTO: MEETING WITH LEG DIRECTORS SETS TONE FOR 2013 AGENDA

Legislative directors for many of the region’s state Senators and Assembly members gathered at the Bay Area Council’s Sacramento office last we...

Bay Area Council Joins Gov. Brown to Say YES to Prop. 30

Governor Jerry Brown on October 25 visited the Bay Area Council to brief our members on the status of Proposition 30, then was joined by Chair Jane...

BAY AREA’S ECONOMIC HOMOGENEITY SUGGESTS NEED FOR REGIONAL STRATEGY

While economic development planning done at local levels within the Bay Area is important, it may not be as productive or effective in maximizing g...

BAY AREA COUNCIL JOINS SAN FRANCISCO BID FOR 2016 SUPER BOWL

With a tweet and a song, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday kicked off a bid to bring Super Bowl L (50) to the Bay Area in 2016. Standing with ...

BAY AREA COUNCIL TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON HEALTHCARE

With healthcare set as the topic for a year-end special legislative session called by Governor Brown, the Bay Area Council is actively preparing a ...

INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM CHAMPIONED BY THE BAY AREA COUNCIL SHOWING RESULTS

A game-changing pilot project to increase student achievement that the Bay Area Council helped introduce at a Marin County school district and hope...

NEW AGREEMENTS TO EXPAND CHINA TRADE OPPORTUNITIES

While the political rhetoric over the United States’ economic relationship with China is heating up ahead of the Presidential election, the Bay A...

PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: FIRST FUNDING FLOWS FOR MODERNIZING CALTRAIN

The Bay Area Council joined elected leaders, including Rep. Jackie Speier, state Sen. Leland Yee, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, Assemblyman Jerry Hill an...
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