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Members Engage with Governor, Legislative Leaders at Sacramento Day

More than 40 Bay Area Council members participated in a productive and informative Sacramento Day this week, with candid discussions with Gov. Jerr...

Growing Coalition of Bay Area Businesses Supports Caltrain Electrification

For over a decade, an electrified Caltrain has existed only as an unfunded ambition of Peninsula employees, employers, and transit enthusiasts. Tod...

SEA LEVEL RISE POLICY FLOATS TO TOP OF AGENDA

The business community must take a more active role in guiding future policy related to the impact of sea level rise in the Bay Area. That was the ...

“END OF THE BAD TIMES” FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN BAY AREA?

In a move widely hailed as a potential savior for the high-speed rail project in the Bay Area, the Bay Area Council is working to bring the Metropo...

SAVING CALTRAIN IS KEY TO BRINGING HIGH-SPEED RAIL UP THE PENINSULA

This week, three Peninsula legislators, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, State Senator Joe Simitian and Assemblyman Rich Gordon, held a press conference t...

COUNCIL TALKS STATE BUDGET, REDEVELOPMENT AT SOLANO EDC

On Wednesday, the day after Governor Brown called off negotiations with Republicans, Bay Area Council President & CEO Jim Wunderman spoke to the So...

Contra Costa Times: People must be made to understand high-speed rail strategy

We would have liked to see the first phase started in the Bay Area, but the resistance cast by residents in parts of Northern and Southern Californ...

NEW BCDC AMENDMENTS TO DRAMATICALLY AFFECT SMART DEVELOPMENT

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) is proposing amendments to the Bay Plan that could dramatically affect smart g...

After Tour of Peninsula Rail Corridor, Council Calls on Menlo Park and Atherton to Stop High-Speed Rail Lawsuit

Today, I joined stakeholders and elected officials from Peninsula cities to tour the Peninsula rail corridor and discuss issues related to the futu...

Job Creation Measure held up in Senate Environmental Quality Committee

SBX8 42 a bipartisan bill co-authored by Senator Lou Correa (D Santa Ana) and Senator Dave Cogdill (R Modesto) would help spur California’s floun...
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