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Growing Coalition of Bay Area Businesses Supports Caltrain Electrification

Jun 5 2012

For over a decade, an electrified Caltrain has existed only as an unfunded ambition of Peninsula employees, employers, and transit enthusiasts. Tod...

SEA LEVEL RISE POLICY FLOATS TO TOP OF AGENDA

Aug 22 2011

The business community must take a more active role in guiding future policy related to the impact of sea level rise in the Bay Area. That was the ...

“END OF THE BAD TIMES” FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN BAY AREA?

Jul 22 2011

In a move widely hailed as a potential savior for the high-speed rail project in the Bay Area, the Bay Area Council is working to bring the Metropo...

SAVING CALTRAIN IS KEY TO BRINGING HIGH-SPEED RAIL UP THE PENINSULA

Apr 22 2011

This week, three Peninsula legislators, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, State Senator Joe Simitian and Assemblyman Rich Gordon, held a press conference t...

COUNCIL TALKS STATE BUDGET, REDEVELOPMENT AT SOLANO EDC

Apr 2 2011

On Wednesday, the day after Governor Brown called off negotiations with Republicans, Bay Area Council President & CEO Jim Wunderman spoke to the So...

Contra Costa Times: People must be made to understand high-speed rail strategy

Dec 20 2010

We would have liked to see the first phase started in the Bay Area, but the resistance cast by residents in parts of Northern and Southern Californ...

NEW BCDC AMENDMENTS TO DRAMATICALLY AFFECT SMART DEVELOPMENT

Oct 18 2010

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) is proposing amendments to the Bay Plan that could dramatically affect smart g...

After Tour of Peninsula Rail Corridor, Council Calls on Menlo Park and Atherton to Stop High-Speed Rail Lawsuit

Aug 13 2010

Today, I joined stakeholders and elected officials from Peninsula cities to tour the Peninsula rail corridor and discuss issues related to the futu...

Job Creation Measure held up in Senate Environmental Quality Committee

Mar 1 2010

SBX8 42 a bipartisan bill co-authored by Senator Lou Correa (D Santa Ana) and Senator Dave Cogdill (R Modesto) would help spur California’s floun...

BART needs to get contract talks done by July 1

Jun 8 2009

With a June 30 contract deadline approaching, now is the time for BART and its labor unions to avoid the battles of the past and negotiate a soluti...

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