The Silicon Valley Leadership Group

TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN AND AROUND SILICON VALLEY.

TRANSPORTATIONTHE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP SAW SOME IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION. SVLG STAFF SERVED AS THE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE ON THE MEASURE B OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, ENSURING THAT SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS SVLG HELPED RAISE THROUGH MEASURE B IS SPENT AS THE VOTERS INTENDED. SVLG REPRESENTED BUSINESS IN A NEWLY CONVENED DISCUSSION BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REGARDING DISCUSSIONS OF REGIONAL TRANSIT FUNDING; WORKED WITH SPUR AND OTHERS ON A PARKING POLICY TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; AND WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND ADVOCATING FOR A PATH TOWARDS BETTER GOVERNANCE FOR CALTRAIN AND REGIONAL RAIL GENERALLY. FINALLY, SVLG PARTICIPATED IN A GROUNDBREAKING BLUE-RIBBON PANEL THROUGHOUT 2021, CONVENED BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND FOCUSED ON BAY AREA TRANSIT RECOVERY, WHICH LED TO A SERIES OF RECOVERY RECOMMENDATIONS BEING ADOPTED BY MTC AND IN SOME CASES BECOMING PART OF PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION.

HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTTHE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM WAS PROUD OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON MANY POLICIES AND COMMUNITY FRONTS. WE STARTED OUT THE 2021 YEAR BY HOSTING OUR ANNUAL HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION "CITIES MATTER" SUMMIT IN APRIL, BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 500 ELECTED, NON-PROFIT, COMMUNITY, AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS FOR OUR REGION. WE CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS BY HOSTING ROUNDTABLES WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, SAN JOSE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, FOCUSING ON HOUSING, LAND USE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE WERE EFFECTIVE IN WORKING WITH STATE LEGISLATORS HELPING PASS KEY LEGISLATION SUCH AS SB 7 THAT WILL STREAMLINE SAN JOSE'S DOWNTOWN WEST DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL CREATE 25,000 WELL-PAYING JOBS AND 4,000 NEW HOMES, A QUARTER OF THEM AFFORDABLE. BUILDING ON THIS WORK, THE LEADERSHIP GROUP HOUSING COMMITTEE PARTICIPATED IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES IN SILICON VALLEY CITIES INCLUDING THE FINALIZING THE SAN JOSE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND SUPPORTING KEY TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANS AROUND BERRYESSA BART AND REDWOOD CITY CALTRAIN.

RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITYIN 2021, WE RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THE WORK UNDERWAY AT MEMBER COMPANIES AND LAUNCHED SIGNATURE INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS AROUND THE SUBJECTS OF RACE, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. THIS IN INCLUDES, BUT ISN'T LIMITED TO: HOSTING TWO NATIONAL SUMMITS, LAUNCHING TWO PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON BOARD READINESS AND THE PLEDGE 25X25 INITIATIVE. ADDITIONALLY, IN LINE WITH SVLG'S FOCUS ON RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY, WE SUPPORTED SB 2 (BRADFORD), WHICH BRIDGES ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS AND PROCESSES AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ELIGIBILITY AND HOW SERIOUS CLAIMS OF OFFICER MISCONDUCT ARE INVESTIGATED AND REMEDIED. SB2 IS NOW LAW, AND ITS PASSAGE GARNERED NATIONAL ATTENTION, WHICH HELPS FURTHER POSITION THE SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS A LEADER ON PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL.