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Silicon Valley Leadership Group Outlines State Budget Policy Priorities to Boost Recovery and Competitiveness Efforts

Laura Wilkinson
4 years ago

Leadership Group Focused on Regional Housing Affordability, Transit & Infrastructure, Education, Climate, and Competitiveness Initiatives San Jose, CA, May 21, 2021: Mike Mielke, Head of Public Policy for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, issued the following statement today in response to the release of Governor’s Newsom revised budget for FY 2021-22: “The Silicon Valley Leadership Group …

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Silicon Valley Leadership Group Applauds Governor Newsom’s Signing of Measure to Fast-Track Regional Housing and Economic Development Projects

Shannon De Atley-Johnson
4 years ago

CEO Thomas Emphasizes Need to Address Regional Housing Affordability and Business Competitiveness San Jose, CA, May 20, 2021: Ahmad Thomas, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, issued the following statement today applauding Governor Newsom’s signing of SB 7, which would fast-track regional housing and economic development projects by renewing an existing provision to streamline aspects …

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The Next Wave of Transit Oriented Development – How to Make Public/Private Partnerships Work

Becca Kilian
4 years ago

Meet the experts that work in transportation and development on what it takes to make projects successful in creating more resilient and environmentally sustainable cities here in the Bay Area near BART and VTA rail lines. Following up on SVLG’s Cities Matter Summit – we are discussing ways in which both the government and private …

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We Work to Build Bridges, Rather Than Burn Them Down

Laura Wilkinson
6 years ago

How many of us have kids?  Do you find it somewhat ironic that we are raising kids in a region in which most of them will not be able to afford to live in? Our housing crisis has been decades in the making.  In fact, it was 1989 that California last consistently met its annual …

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Innovation – Thinking Differently About Investing in Housing

Laura Wilkinson
6 years ago

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 from a different mindset. We’ve begun to see some Silicon Valley companies and community organizations …

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California Governor’s May Revised 2019-2020 State Budget – What’s in It for the Bay Area and Silicon Valley

Laura Wilkinson
6 years ago

Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a revised state budget today with potential funding for Bay Area and Silicon Valley priorities.

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

Laura Wilkinson
6 years ago

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.

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

Laura Wilkinson
6 years ago

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.

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Bay Area Voters Ready to Pull Out Pocketbooks to Solve Traffic Problems

Laura Wilkinson
6 years ago

The “Silicon Valley Poll” found that more than two-thirds of voters are ready to pull out their pocketbooks in support of a nine-county Regional Transportation Improvement Measure.

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

Laura Wilkinson
6 years ago

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

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