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Bay Area Council Supports Visionary Plan for Bringing Shipbuilding Industry Back to Northern California image

Bay Area Council Supports Visionary Plan for Bringing Shipbuilding Industry Back to Northern California

Plan by California Forever to locate massive shipbuilding, maritime industry hub in Solano County aligns with bipartisan efforts by Trump, Congress...
Bay Area Council Supports More Shipbuilding in the U.S., Opposes New Fees on Chinese Vessels image

Bay Area Council Supports More Shipbuilding in the U.S., Opposes New Fees on Chinese Vessels

The Bay Area Council, a business-supported economic leadership organization composed of more than 350 major employers in the San Francisco/Silicon ...
Bay Area Council Economic Institute Partners with Sonoma County image

Bay Area Council Economic Institute Partners with Sonoma County

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute is proud to announce its new partnership with Sonoma County, where it will serve as the county’s dedi...
Innovative Co-Ownership Models Offer Promising Solution to California’s Housing Crisis image

Innovative Co-Ownership Models Offer Promising Solution to California’s Housing Crisis

With California’s housing affordability crisis continuing to strain families and communities and median home prices exceeding $1 million in many ...
Executive Order Raises Concerns about Future of Presidio in San Francisco image

Executive Order Raises Concerns about Future of Presidio in San Francisco

The Bay Area Council today (Feb. 20) expressed strong concern about an executive order by President Trump that appeared to call for the elimination...
Bay Area Council Welcomes Aaron Hammon as Chief Financial Officer image

Bay Area Council Welcomes Aaron Hammon as Chief Financial Officer

The Bay Area Council is excited to announce the appointment of Aaron Hammon as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately. Hammon...
AAPI Coalition and Bay Area Council Requests Gov. Newsom Deploy the CHP on BART to Improve Safety image

AAPI Coalition and Bay Area Council Requests Gov. Newsom Deploy the CHP on BART to Improve Safety

The Bay Area Council and a coalition of over 100 Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups and individual leaders, plus additional business gro...
Bay Area Council Statement on the November 2024 Election image

Bay Area Council Statement on the November 2024 Election

The Bay Area Council today (Nov. 6) issued the following statement on the results of the 2024 General Election. “Voters across California and...
New Study: Addressing Racial Wage Gap Would Add $55 Billion to Bay Area Economy image

New Study: Addressing Racial Wage Gap Would Add $55 Billion to Bay Area Economy

Study Comes as Debate Heats Up Nationally over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts by Public and Private Institutions With debate heating up na...
Bay Area Council and Silicon Valley Leadership Group Exploring Partnership to Establish Nation’s Most Influential Business Group image

Bay Area Council and Silicon Valley Leadership Group Exploring Partnership to Establish Nation’s Most Influential Business Group

First-of-its-kind partnership would represent hundreds of innovative businesses across both Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area Two of Californ...
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