It is Monday, February 1st 2021 and here are 5 Things You Need To Know About COVID-19. First, Governor Newsom announced last Thursday, January 28th that member company Blue Shield of California will take over the state vaccination distribution network. The change moves to coordinate distribution efforts across the state in contrast to the current …
It is Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 and here are 5 Things You Need To Know About COVID-19. Update brought to you by Health and Housing Director, Kat Wortham. First, a few quick snapshots of Santa Clara County’s status: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, or VMC for short, is now administering over 6,000 COVID-19 vaccines each …
December 21, 2020 Liane Randolph, Incoming Chair California Air Resources Board Dear Chair Randolph, Congratulations on your recent appointment to chair the Air Resources Board. The Leadership Group appreciated your work as a member of the Public Utilities Commission, and looks forward to working with you in your new role. The work of the Air …
There’s nothing that the covid pandemic of 2020 hasn’t affected, and the SVLG Foundation annual races were no exception. Our Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot is usually the biggest Thanksgiving Day race in the country. But due to safety concerns, our cherished 16th annual event was forced to switch to a virtual format. We …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On December 17, 2020, we hosted a virtual COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall for our members. This timely presentation and Q&A covered the latest news and research on the COVID-19 vaccines. We heard directly from physicians involved in California’s Health and Human Services Vaccination Guidelines Group and had the opportunity to ask questions after their presentations. …
December 18, 2020 Mary Nichols California Air Resource Board Dear Chair Nichols, The climate crisis is the most far-reaching and potentially irreversible problem facing humanity today and it must be addressed at the speed, scope and scale that science dictates. Under your leadership at the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the Golden State has served …
For students of not too long ago, the job fair was a ritual they knew well. A chance to walk around tables, shake some hands, make some connections. And usually? Free tote bags. That kind of socialized work interaction seems like a complete break from our current reality. But for our most impacted individuals – …
Bay Area traffic is legendary for maddening traffic jams that even the best podcasts can’t soothe. Traffic steals time from all the other things we’d rather be doing – in the Bay Area it amounts to over a year of our life on average that we will never get back. That’s time with our families, …
By Willie L. Brown Jr., Special to CalMatters, April 14, 2020 Many opponents of the original Proposition 13 have never given up. The same groups that fought the ballot measure more than four decades ago when 65 percent of the state’s electorate passed it have repeatedly tried to destroy the measure’s important property tax protections. …
California is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis. Small businesses in California face yet another threat—Prop 15 on the November ballot. Prop 15 will be the largest property tax increase in state history at $11.5 billion per year. Prop 15 shreds long-standing protections under Prop 13 that have kept property taxes affordable and …
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