Government Relations

The Bay Area Council is responding quickly to a troubling move by several Bay Area cities to impose moratoriums on new housing. After the Council v...

With a record dry January leading California into its 4th year of drought, Capitol Weekly and the University of California on Thursday held their a...

The Bay Area Council’s Cybersecurity Committee met this week (Feb. 19) in Sacramento to discuss with top state officials the key issues at the ce...

Michael Scanlon, the retiring General Manager of the San Mateo County Transit District, was the featured speaker at the Bay Area Council Transporta...

Placing a moratorium on building new housing at a time when the Bay Area is experiencing a major housing shortage and affordability crisis isn’t ...

The Bay Area Council this week (Feb. 13) publicly called for an end to the more than nine-month labor dispute that has brought the Port of Oakland ...

Following the weekend (Feb. 7-8) closure of the Port of Oakland and 28 other West Coast ports over a long-running contract dispute, the Bay Area Co...

The Bay Area Council Healthcare Committee today (Feb. 6) met with Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), the new Chair of the Assembly Health Commit...

With new leadership and increasing signs Oakland is on the cusp of a sustained economic upswing, the Bay Area Council this week (Jan. 29) convened ...

There aren’t many instances where adding a lane to a congested highway can happen quickly, easily and inexpensively. Just such an opportunity exi...