Government Relations

Following seven years of planning and one of the driest years ever recorded, state and federal agencies this week released the public draft of the ...

The thrilling comeback by Oracle Team USA in the 34th America’s Cup capped an historic event that generated $550 million in economic activity, cr...

News stories began appearing late this week about contingency planning for a second BART strike, which could come on Monday, August 4. Of course, t...

The Bay Area Council is leading a coalition of tech and other companies that is working with the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authorit...

The strike by BART union workers is having a costly environmental impact on the Bay Area, according to data assembled by the Bay Area Council that ...

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute conservatively put the daily economic cost to the Bay Area of the BART union strike at $73 million a day, a...

The Bay Area Council looks forward to open and productive talks between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet June...

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talks about past presidents and the operation to capture Osama bin Laden. Gov. Jerry Brown argues for more eq...

California’s youngest learners got some good news with Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment on May 30 of Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Georg...

Immigration reform that the Bay Area Council has been pressing for several years took a promising step forward this week when a bipartisan bill cle...