Government Relations

With House Republicans locked in an increasingly ugly intra-party battle and unable to even begin debate on the most noncontroversial of its spendi...

It was a banner year for Bay Area Council legislation on a range of issues, but the overall picture from Sacramento was far less sanguine when it c...

The Bay Area Council was honored to welcome Congresswoman and U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Lee aboard the Klamath for a discussion with our member...

New Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao welcomed the Bay Area Council Executive Committee to her city on Thursday, hosted by executive committee member Danny ...

The Bay Area Council wore out a lot of shoe leather this week in Sacramento in our continuing advocacy for Gov. Newsom’s infrastructure package t...

The New California Coalition – co-lead by Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman and CEO of LA BizFed Tracy Hernandez – this week (June 2) released...

Gov. Newsom on Wednesday (March 24) focused his attention on the city he once led, convening top San Francisco business leaders for a discussion on...

The much-anticipated, but often obscure Suspense File process in the California Legislature for the Appropriations Committees culminated this week ...

Gov. Newsom today (May 12) unveiled his May budget revision and the overall picture has worsened since he first proposed his spending plan in Janua...

The Bay Area Council’s biggest package of legislation in recent memory crossed an important milestone last week when 10 of our 11 sponsored bills...