Our Roadmap to a Better California Water System
Let’s do the Math: One tunnel for the Delta is 100 percent better than Zero. Our support for the two tunnel proposal was, and still is, grounded in data.
More EV Charging for Multifamily Housing
California Building Standards Commission approved a proposal to require 10 percent of parking spaces to have infrastructure for EV charging for new multifamily dwellings.
Our Roadmap to Combatting Climate Change by Creating Coalitions
Climate Change is real. California is already feeling the impact. Wildfires, droughts and sea level rise have threatened our state.
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
Electrify everything. A lot has changed in the last few years, and policy to address climate change and protect the environment has not been a federal priority. But the technology and the market to supply solutions to this problem have…
SB 100: California clean energy bill becomes game changing law
Governor's signature reduces state's output of greenhouse gasses in historic time California made history on Monday, September 10th with Governor Jerry Brown signing two measures including SB 100, a bill the Silicon Valley Leadership Group long advocated for in Sacramento.…
Leadership Group Celebrates State Reaching 2020 Climate Goals
Moving forward to meet the state’s climate and clean energy goals cannot be achieved without visionary leadership, big ideas, and some measure of risk. California lawmakers set the state on a bold path when they passed the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 AB 32, landmark legislation that established a goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
Opinion: California plays a leading, effective role in confronting climate change
Our state – our planet – is running a fever. Climate change is directly impacting our lives, our economy and our residents. The fires raging across California are causing devastation on an unprecedented scale.
Leadership Group Voter’s Guide
With less than a week left until the June 5th election, it is hard to believe that the primary has arrived! Beneath the mailers bursting out of your mailbox, you’ll find your crisp ballot waiting to be filled. While we’re…
Prop. 68 puts California national treasures investment on June ballot
Which would we prefer - community investment or societal costs? There are two sides to every coin and Silicon Valley Leadership Group President and CEO Carl Guardino says Yes on Proposition 68 is simply a question of investment into our…
Gubernatorial Candidate Antonio Villaraigosa keynotes 2018 Energy and Sustainability Summit
SAN JOSE, CA – Former Mayor and 2018 Gubernatorial Candidate Antonio Villaraigosa shares his vision for California’s continued leadership on the environment and clean energy at this year’s Silicon Valley Leadership Group Energy and Sustainability Conference held Thursday, May 24th…