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CBPA Leads the Charge for Vetoes: Three Detrimental Bills, Three Coalitions, One Goal

While the legislature has wrapped up, CBPA’s work is in full swing. We’re spearheading coalitions to stop three detrimental bills—AB 98, SB 1103, and AB 2364—from becoming law. With over 80 companies and organizations filing individual veto letters alongside ours on AB 98, and more than 25 groups standing strong against SB 1103, our coalitions are making sure vetoes are front and center in the governor’s office. Even with AB 2364 shifting to a study bill, we’re pushing hard with business and biotech leaders to prevent costly mandates from taking hold. The governor has until September 30th to take action on all legislation pending his approval, and we’re working tirelessly to ensure these bills don’t make it into law.

The legislative session ended Saturday evening with a handful of successes and two major blows to the commercial real estate industry. The last-minute gut-and-amend bill AB 98 (Carrillo; D-Palmdale and Reyes; D-San Bernardino), which restricts warehouse development, passed the Legislature despite heavy opposition.. The commercial lease mandate bill SB 1103 (Menjivar; D-Van Nuys) also passed by one vote in each house, despite our industry’s efforts opposing the bill. We will now shift our focus toward advocating for a veto on both bills by Governor Newsom, who will have until September 30th to sign or veto bills.

What an amazing day at last week's Pickleball Tournament!

Congrats to our 1st Place team, Matt Tripaldi and Jon Schwerin, and our 2nd Place team, Ethan Drechsler and Jack Vessa! Huge thanks to everyone who made this event a success, especially our sponsors WCI-GC, Inc. and Partner Engineering & Science, Inc.

Check out our photo album to relive the highlights!

On Wednesday, July 17th NAIOP SFBA celebrated a momentous occasion as the Young Professionals Group (YPG) program celebrated the graduation of Class 10! Among the highlights of the evening was a well-deserved congratulations to Pestiige Worldwide, comprising of Andie Bruzzone, Paul Fineman, Tucker Forbes, Storm Kylve-Underkofler, Jared Gragg, and Bianca Liu, for securing the prestigious Wayne Strom Trophy!

Stacy Skillern-Pryor is a graduate from Georgetown University with a Masters degree in Real Estate (MPRE). She also holds a Bachelors degree in Finance and Interdisciplinary Professional Studies from Colorado State University and is presently a Project REAP Alumni from ULI. 

Just a few days ago, Class 4 of the NAIOP SFBA Executive Development Program (NED) launched their journey with a 3-day intensive Retreat in Tiburon. During the Retreat, participants met their peers and instructors, and began their personal and professional development curriculum. Over the next six months the cohort will continue to meet, including two additional overnight retreats, three skill-building workshops, and virtual check-ins.

NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NAIOP SFBA), the premier commercial real estate development association, is proud to announce that the Stanford team has won the 35th Annual Real Estate Challenge. The Real Estate Challenge, NAIOP SFBA’s version of the Big Game, is a real estate development competition between legendary rivals Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley (Cal).

Each year, a select group of real estate professionals unite to take part in the twelve-month, seventy-hour course designed to educate, develop, connect and elevate the commercial real estate industry’s emerging leaders. 

This unique and powerful program offers instruction in critical components of the commercial real estate industry, personal and professional development coaching from MBA-level instructors, extensive networking and relationship-building activities, and guidance from leading industry executives through an intimate speaker series exclusive to YPG.

In this episode, Briana Harney DeHaan shares her strategic vision for the NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter in 2024. With her extensive background in commercial real estate and her role as Senior Vice President at NorthMarq Capital, Briana brings invaluable insights into the challenges and opportunities facing our industry today.

NAIOP SFBA held it's 10^th annual Best of the Bay Awards on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Four Seasons in San Francisco.  Matt Field, Co-Chief Executive Officer of TMG Partners, served as master of ceremonies and kept his predecessor, Luis Belmonte’s, tradition alive by employing his infamous gong.   
 
Lively and upbeat, the Best of the Bay is a unique commercial real estate awards competition which features attendees voting for the winners in real time. As each award category is introduced, nominees give a creative pitch to steer votes in their direction.  If they fail to wow the audience or drone on too long they get gonged.

Read more to see a list of winners below and take a peek at our photo album.

Dive into the latest podcast episode with host Dave Karol and special guest James Goddard, Partner at Wareham Development. Together, they explore the nuances of the Bay Area's commercial real estate market, with a spotlight on life science developments.

The annual Developing Leaders Mentor Portal is now open for pre-registration! Developing Leader members (age 35 and younger) can now start signing up to access the 2024 Mentor Program and start browsing mentors through the easy-to-use online portal. Program begins on February 12, 2024 through April 12, 2024.