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Member Spotlight: Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences this month announced the launch of its Racial Equity Community Impact Fund, which will support high-impact organizations working to...
Skelton: Sen. Feinstein Should Be Able to Retire on Her Own Terms image

Skelton: Sen. Feinstein Should Be Able to Retire on Her Own Terms

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has dedicated her life to public service and the Bay Area Council has been extremely proud to work with her on numerous initi...
WETA Names New Executive Director, Releases Study to Bring Hovercraft Services to the Bay image

WETA Names New Executive Director, Releases Study to Bring Hovercraft Services to the Bay

The Bay Area Council is thrilled to congratulate Seamus Murphy on his appointment as the new Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Water...
Council Looks Ahead to a Full 2021 Legislative Session Focused on Housing image

Council Looks Ahead to a Full 2021 Legislative Session Focused on Housing

The 2021 legislative session appears the be shaping up as a retread of 2020 with all the major housing bills that failed this past session coming b...
California Releases Smartphone-Based Exposure Notification System image

California Releases Smartphone-Based Exposure Notification System

This week, California released its smartphone-based exposure notification system “CA Notify.” The system—built into iOS devices and available...
Was 2019 the Final Year of a Dominant Decade for the Bay Area? image

Was 2019 the Final Year of a Dominant Decade for the Bay Area?

Newly released data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2019 reveals a slowing GDP picture for the region, one that is expected to slow even f...
CA State Treasurer Named to Global Economy and Environment Leadership Group image

CA State Treasurer Named to Global Economy and Environment Leadership Group

Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer, was named to the Council for Inclusive Capitalism this week (Tuesday), joining 27 leaders across the globe re...
From Silicon Valley to Sydney: What will a Trans-Pacific Collaboration Mean for the Future? image

From Silicon Valley to Sydney: What will a Trans-Pacific Collaboration Mean for the Future?

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute has developed a new report to assess the unique ties connecting Australia with the San Francisco Bay Area, ...
Opinion: Passive Observer: the U.S. and Asia’s New Trade Pact image

Opinion: Passive Observer: the U.S. and Asia’s New Trade Pact

Last month, fifteen nations signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP); the U.S. however, did not sign. An article by Sean Rando...
Member Spotlight: Facebook Invests $150 Million in Bay Area Low Income Housing image

Member Spotlight: Facebook Invests $150 Million in Bay Area Low Income Housing

Facebook Inc. announced this week (Wednesday) that developments for the lowest-income tier in the Bay Area will get $150 million of its planned inv...
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