Capitol Series Registration Open
Registration Open | Join us for the Capitol Series with Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
We are excited to announce that the next installment of the 2023 Capitol Series will feature Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan.
Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan was elected to represent District 16 in 2018, which spans from Livermore to Walnut Creek. She serves as Chair of the Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, and serves on critical committees related to the East Bay's economy including Banking and Finance, Utilities and Energy along with Select Committees focused on cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, and mental health. She also founded the Select Committee on Reproductive Health—the first committee of its kind in the nation—during her first term.
Through committee assignments and her legislative priorities, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan has shown an eagerness to take on a wide range of issues while staying rooted in building a more just and thriving region.
Join the East Bay Leadership Council for an engaging presentation and Q&A with Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan next month!
DATE / TIME / LOCATION
Thursday, October 19
11:30 - 1:00 PM
San Ramon Valley Conference Center
3301 Crow Canyon Road, San Ramon
Capitol Series Sponsors
Earn & Learn | Employers to connect with students at East Bay trade and internship fairs
Our longtime friends at Earn & Learn are putting together unique opportunities for East Bay employers to connect with talented Alameda and Contra Costa County students. Alameda county employers are encouraged to come showcase their apprenticeship and internship opportunities at the Alameda County Office of Education’s Apprenticeship and Internship Fair series, and Contra Costa county trade employers are invited to network with students at the Contra Costa Trades Career Fair!
These events will provide a platform for employers to engage with eager high school and community college students, highlight their career development opportunities, and build a future workforce from local, enthusiastic talent.
Alameda County Apprenticeship and Internship Fairs:
October 25th at Ohlone College, Fremont, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
November 8th at Berkeley City College, Berkeley, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
November 16th at Chabot College, Hayward, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
November 30th at Las Positas College, Livermore, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contra Costa Trades Career Fair:
November 7th at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
How to get involved:
If you're an employer interested in participating, please visit this form.
If you are a student who would like to register, please click here.
Hispanic Heritage Month | Online resources to share
Hispanic Heritage Month officially began last week on September 15, and while it is important to recognize Latinx communities and contributions year-round, we would like to take this time to share the vast resources available online through the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino.
Please look through the archive to find out about Latinx art, culture, and history, and ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Return to Office Survey | Deadline today for new round of Bay Area Council survey
The East Bay Leadership Council is proud to partner with the Bay Area Council on their Return to Office survey. The survey has been refreshed with new questions to help better understand current and future travel patterns.
The survey will be live until TONIGHT, September 26th at 5:00pm and should take five minutes or less to complete. All results are anonymous and will be aggregated before publishing.
The data collected in this survey is available to everyone. The latest results and all archived results can be found here.
Must Read | How California lawmakers greenlit "any flavor of affordable housing you could possibly want"
CalMatters — With the end of the legislative session, California is now on the verge of laying down a welcome mat for most major affordable housing projects across the state. That’s not because of a single bill, but a patchwork of current and former legislation that, taken together, “basically covers any flavor of affordable housing you could possibly want to build,” said Linda Mandolini, president of Eden Housing, an affordable housing development nonprofit.
Homes designated for low-income occupants, like all housing projects, face a gauntlet of potential challenges and hold-ups that add to the already exorbitant cost of affordable housing in California. Those hurdles include lawsuits filed under the wide-ranging California Environmental Quality Act, extensive public hearings and other forms of opposition from local government.
Now, affordable housing projects — in most places and most of the time — may soon be exempt from all that, fitted out in a suit of procedural armor made up of some half a dozen bills and laws.
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Join #TeamEBLC
If your company is not a member of the East Bay Leadership Council, we hope you will consider joining us. Learn more about our work and the benefits of membership at www.eastbayleadershipcouncil.com