Migration and Silicon Valley: Who is coming? Who is going?
Skilled arrivals from outside the United States are powering the Valley’s economy more than ever before.
U.S.-imposed tariffs on Chinese imports threaten California’s innovation economy
Unfair trade practices and the rise of a global tech competitor deserve a thoughtful response. But tariffs against China threaten California’s tech industry.
Suppose Your City Proposed Charging a Tax on Local Businesses? 51 Percent of Voters in Five Bay Area Counties Say They Would Oppose
51 percent of voters in a February Silicon Valley Poll say they are, in principle, opposed to any potential local tax measure that would tax businesses based on a flat fee per employee to provide funding for local city services.
Creativity Trumps Calamity: Bringing the Regional Patent Office to Silicon Valley
Here's food for thought . . . Creativity is almost always the result of calamity. On November 19, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and I announced at a news conference that our long-sought regional patent office is back on-track, set…