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Innovation – Thinking Differently About Investing in Housing

As the tech center of the world for decades, Silicon Valley is synonymous with innovation. And innovation is what is needed to address our deepening housing crisis. Not just innovation in technology, but innovation in thinking, in approaching the problem…

Advocating for Affordable Housing in the Bay Area

Every May, we join other housing advocates in Affordable Housing events across the Bay Area.

Silicon Valley Poll: 83% of Bay Area Voters Say Cost of Housing is an Extremely Serious Problem

Only 18 percent think the rate of development is too slow, while 74 percent say the rate of growth is about right or too fast.

There’s No Place Like Home – Especially if you cannot afford one

At the Leadership Group, for our 335 Member Companies, a sensible solution will require a bold combination of policies, programs and projects that adopt a holistic approach to our housing crisis.

Silicon Valley Poll: More Than 40 Percent of Residents Are Considering Moving Out of the Bay Area

People are thinking twice about staying in the Bay Area and are looking for answers to perceived pressing problems.

Don’t Fear Future Bay Area Job Growth; Plan for it

For years we have been saying that Silicon Valley’s booming economy is not sustainable. Data from a new report suggest we’ve been wrong.

Will 2019 Be the Year of Housing Solutions?

Held at the LinkedIn offices in Mountain View on January 25th, the Forum consisted of three panels focused on...

Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series

Without diminishing UC Berkeley’s academic rigor and standards, I want students to thrive, not just survive, on our campus.

Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series

Amid the Bay Area’s extraordinary economic success, two sobering realities undermine our quality of life; our lack of housing has made the region unaffordable, and we waste too much time in crippling traffic.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Donates $250,000 to Affordable Housing Now

In early July, the Palo Alto-based nonprofit, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, donated $250,000 to Affordable Housing Now, a political action committee originally formed by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Housing California, the California Housing Consortium and the State Building and…