Government Relations

Money—and more accurately, taxpayer money–often seems to be the solution to many of the problems that ail us, from homelessness, to educati...

When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 passed in November of that year, many Americans and U.S. businesses hailed its lower rates and simplified pr...

Like a zombie from a B-grade horror movie, it appears legislation to chase away jobs and investment by raising taxes on high-income earners is pois...

The state’s reservoirs may be filling from historic rainfall, but the budget coffers are not enjoying a similar downpour. Gov. Newsom this week (...

The Bay Area’s global innovation and technological dominance was on full display this week when Bay Area Council member Lawrence Livermore Nation...

Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) today released a statement announcing he has secured enough votes within the Democratic Caucus to become th...

The Bay Area Council this week stormed (not like that) the nation’s capital to meet with top Congressional leaders and Biden Administration offic...

The Bay Area’s world-leading innovation economy has flourished in large part because of a free-market system that encourages companies, investors...

On Tuesday evening (May 3), California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined members of the Bay Area Council Executive Committee and Board of Directors...

New legislation (SB 866) introduced this week (Feb. 21) by state Sen. Scott Weiner (San Francisco) would shield student and faculty residential pro...