San Jose, CA (Oct. 12, 2021) — As Washington continues to negotiate a federal package, Silicon Valley Leadership Group recognized California’s bold action in prioritizing climate infrastructure investments with the weekend signing of AB 970 by California Governor Gavin Newsom. The new law, authored by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, spurs development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure by streamlining local permitting requirements. SVLG CEO Ahmad Thomas pointed to the move as one that accelerates the transition to electric vehicles by both enhancing California’s business ecosystem as well as helping to meet the state’s ambitious climate goals.
On Wednesday, September 8th, from 11:00am – 12:00pm PST, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group will virtually host San Jose City Councilmember, David Cohen. We will have a moderated conversation led by our very own, Vince Rocha, Senior Director, Housing & Community Development! Councilmember Cohen represents District 4 which includes North San Jose, Berryessa, and Alviso …
In a move that is unprecedented in our automotive history, yesterday President Biden signed an Executive Order setting a goal for 50 percent of car sales to be electric by 2030, the largest EV adoption target for America to date.
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group is hosting an executive roundtable with Lopa Kolluri, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Housing – Federal Housing Administration of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to talk about the Biden Administration’s work on affordable housing funding, innovations in manufactured housing, and promoting homeownership. We will also be joined …
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 …
Mobility Trends Improving the Quality of Life for All Improving the quality of life and reducing the cost of living is an oft missed side effect of the pursuit of autonomous drive, clean inexpensive energy, and the electrification of transportation. These technology arcs are evolving roughly in parallel and their confluence will result in dramatic …
Traffic Relief: It’s about time. Time wasted on increasingly congested commutes. Time wasted away from our families. Time lost traveling between home and work. As our 2019 Silicon Valley Competitiveness Project data shows, between 2010 and 2017, average commute time in the Valley has increased by 21 percent. On average, Valley commuters spend 73 minutes …
Whether road or rail, bikes or buses, California is locked in gridlock.
San Jose, CA – Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Game Changers 2020 Summit brings together more than eighteen influential speakers and panelists on Friday, April 26th to delve into some of today’s hottest and controversial topics. Our panelists, along with 350 attendees, will explore the mechanics of how to keep a corporate moral compass in today’s …
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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