California Needs a Clean Energy Financing Clearinghouse
If we’re going to drive private clean energy investment into Opportunity Zones, we ought to have a good handle on where the state’s current investments are going.
Silicon Valley Leadership Group Partners with Presidio Graduate School
Together, the two organizations will take an exciting leap forward to activate thousands of business and governmental professionals.
California must prioritize clean drinking water for all
Nearly 1 million Californians are affected by contaminants in our state’s water. This is a public health crisis.
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.