area, council, local, council, scouts, america, texas, business, association, francisco, founded, 1945, dedicated, economic, development, francisco, area, inception, post, wwii, years, members, included, wells, fargo, bank, america, transamerica, corporation, . For the local council of the Boy Scouts of America see Bay Area Council Texas The Bay Area Council is a business association in San Francisco founded in 1945 and dedicated to economic development in the San Francisco Bay Area 1 2 At its inception in the post WWII years members included Wells Fargo Bank of America the Transamerica Corporation Standard Oil of California Pacific Gas and Electric Bechtel Kaiser Industries Clorox and others By the late 1940s the Council was an early environmental watchdog In the 1950s the Council promoted a regional mass transit system that eventually became BART Bay Area CouncilIn 1965 the Council sponsored legislation creating the Bay Conservation and Development Commission In 1970 they helped to create the Metropolitan Transportation Commission 3 References edit Bay Area Council About the Bay Area Council Archived from the original on 2013 10 02 Retrieved 2018 12 02 Business Leaders Urge Employers to Plan for BART Strike Retrieved 3 December 2018 Bay Area Council the Bay Area Council History Archived from the original on 2013 09 20 Retrieved 2018 12 02 External links edit nbsp San Francisco Bay Area portalBay Area Council website nbsp This California related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bay Area Council amp oldid 1106322130, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
