Government Relations

When it comes to creating jobs in California across a wide range of income levels and employment sectors, a new report by the Bay Area Council Econ...

There is plenty of anxious hand-wringing among business groups and fiscal conservatives statewide – and perhaps even among those that aren’t ne...

The Bay Area Council on October 26 released its third quarter results of Business Confidence Survey, with more employers saying they’ll stand pat...

Legislative directors for many of the region’s state Senators and Assembly members gathered at the Bay Area Council’s Sacramento office last we...

Governor Jerry Brown on October 25 visited the Bay Area Council to brief our members on the status of Proposition 30, then was joined by Chair Jane...

While economic development planning done at local levels within the Bay Area is important, it may not be as productive or effective in maximizing g...

With a tweet and a song, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday kicked off a bid to bring Super Bowl L (50) to the Bay Area in 2016. Standing with ...

With healthcare set as the topic for a year-end special legislative session called by Governor Brown, the Bay Area Council is actively preparing a ...

While the political rhetoric over the United States’ economic relationship with China is heating up ahead of the Presidential election, the Bay A...

The Bay Area Council joined elected leaders, including Rep. Jackie Speier, state Sen. Leland Yee, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, Assemblyman Jerry Hill an...