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Ambassador Stephens Says Time is Ripe for Growing Economic Ties with India

To help Bay Area Council members and regional business leaders gain first-hand insight into India, the Bay Area Council on Sept. 19, 2014 convened ...

Bay Area Council Lauds Historic Groundwater Management Legislation

Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman today joined Gov. Jerry Brown and a group of elected, business and environmental leaders as the Go...

Getting More Renewable Energy into the State Grid

The Bay Area Council on Thursday (Sept. 11, 2014) was pleased to host California Public Utilities Commissioner Carla Peterman in conversation with ...

Bay Area Council Positions on Select Ballot Measures

The Bay Area Council Executive Committee this week (Sept. 8, 2014) voted to endorse Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Im...

Bringing Tech to Bear Against Traffic

In the face of rapidly worsening commute congestion, the Bay Area Council’s Transportation Committee, under the leadership Chair and Arup Princip...

Disappointed, Not Surprised by Gigafactory Decision

The Bay Area Council responds to news reports today that Tesla has chosen Reno, Nevada, to build its battery Gigafactory: “While we were hoping f...

Groundwater Management Urgently Needed

In an opinion-editorial in the Contra Costa Times, Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman joins with Maurice Hall, Ph.D., the science and...

Responding to Open Letter on Tesla Gigafactory

An “open letter” penned this week by the California Budget Project and other so-called “budget watchdogs” from states competing to secure t...

State Pension Board Undermines 2012 Reforms

You might be surprised to learn that simply doing the job you were hired to do entitles you to extra pay. That is, unless you’re on the board of ...

Getting the Word Out on the Dangers of Proposition 45

Earlier this week, the respected Field Poll put out a survey that showed that 69 percent of registered voters in the state support Proposition 45, ...
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