The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter was founded in 1977 (originally as the Northern California Chapter) and today serves eight of the nine Bay Area Counties; San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo and Solano. The Chapter's membership is comprised of the Bay Area’s leading owner/developers and a wide variety of service providers. The Chapter offers a full calendar of educational programs on topical issues as well as social and networking events for its 450+ members and guests. The Chapter’s Legislative Action Committee works in concert with NAIOP corporate, the NAIOP State Council and our Sacramento representative, California Business Properties Association (www.cbpa.com), as well as communicating with legislators at the local level, to voice the concerns and support of our membership on legislative issues affecting our industry. Nationally NAIOP is comprised of over 15,000+ members in 51 chapters across North America. The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter is the 12th largest chapter of NAIOP.