Government Relations

Program Council Backed Awards First Round of Job-Creating Tax Credits

The first round of a series of job-creating tax credits the Bay Area Council advocated for last year were awarded on June 19 to 29 companies around...

Bay Area Council Congratulates New House Leader Kevin McCarthy

The Bay Area Council today (June 19) released the following statement congratulating Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s selection as House Majority Leader:

Bay Area Council Supports 2024 Olympic Bid

The Bay Area Council today applauded the announcement that San Francisco is being considered as a possible bid city by the United States Olympic Co...

CSU CHANCELLOR TALKS WITH BUSINESS LEADERS ABOUT CLOSING THE SKILLS GAP

At a packed forum hosted by the Bay Area Council and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, California State University Chancellor Timothy White on...

Bay Area Council Poll: Strong Backing for Investing in Early Childhood Development

With early childhood education emerging as hot political topic in the current state budget debate, and one that could figure significantly in the 2...

Bay Area Council Poll: Resounding Support for Upgrading Key Communications, Energy Networks

As more and more people come to rely heavily on mobile and broadband technologies for a wide range of everyday needs – from banking to healthcare...

Bay Area Council Poll: Housing, Traffic Reach Crisis Stage

As home prices in the Bay Area soar to heights not seen since before the Great Recession, 79 percent of residents in the 2014 Bay Area Council Poll...

Cost of Living, Housing Costs Top Concerns from 2014 Bay Area Council Poll

The Bay Area’s notoriously high cost of living tops the list of the region’s most serious problems, according to results of the 2014 Bay Area C...

CEQA LAWSUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE PROGRAM

The Bay Area Council called “misguided and misdirected” a lawsuit filed this week seeking to block an employee shuttle pilot program that the S...

BALANCING ACT: BIG DATA, PRIVACY AND SECURITY

As the Bay Area Council prepares for its May 19 advocacy trip to D.C. that will focus in large part on cyber security and related issues, the Obama...
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