October 16, 2020 – Unemployment numbers are continuing to drop in Santa Clara County, reaching a post-Covid shutdown low of 7% for September, sixth lowest in California, according to figures just released by the Economic Development Department. Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies released analysis of Silicon Valley’s unemployment rate through September along with the historical trend back to the year 2000. The September data that were released represent the first look at regional employment since the school year started in mid- to late-August. Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties had the 6th and 8th lowest unemployment rates, respectively, among the state’s 58 counties in September.
October 14, 2020 – Seven months into the pandemic, Silicon Valley residents who were already stretched with costs, faced significantly more challenges and an increased need for food assistance programs. At the same time, food costs rose by much as 19 percent for meat, poultry, and eggs, further exacerbating the issue. Joint Venture's Institute has released Food Insecurity & Distribution in Silicon Valley Amid the Pandemic in partnership with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Food Recovery, an initiative of Joint Venture.
October 17, 2020 - Joint Venture's Silicon Valley Economic Development Alliance (SVEDA) is producing a series of webinars, called HayWired. The series launched October 15 with HayWired Scenario's Volume 3, Societal Consequences. Join in to learn more about the economic impacts that a major earthquake on the Hayward Fault might present, and to find out what is being done at the federal, state, and local level to mitigate the damage. 
October 9, 2020 - Janelle London, executive director of Joint Venture's Beyond Gasoline initiative, has penned an opinion piece in the Mercury News. Following immediately on the heels of Governor Newsom's mandate for exclusively zero-emission car sales by 2035, London charts a path for Silicon Valley to take the lead. She urges EV car share and lending programs, incentives, and accessible low-cost charging, all of which Joint Venture is actively pursuing.
October 6, 2020 – Joint Venture's Institute for Regional Studies released analysis that reveals that the market cap of Silicon Valley stocks, in aggregate, are now higher than prior to the pandemic-related decline. The Institute researched how publicly-traded companies have fared in the six months following the market’s lowest point on March 23. Analysis was conducted as an indicator of regional economic health, as opposed to market analyses focusing on the health of individual companies or interests of the stakeholder perspective.
October 19, 2020 - Mairtini Ni Dhomhnaill, has been a power behind the scenes at some of Silicon Valley's most recognizable startups for over 20 years. As the founder of Countsy, she has worked with many companies from their infancy, such as Facebook and Asana. She brings to the table impeccable credentials and a fearless, gung-ho attitude. Add a second-degree black belt in martial arts and a networking mindset. And for a dash of resilience and adaptability? Grow up as the youngest of seven children in Ireland.
October 19, 2020 - Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies has added three new research affiliates who will focus on food and hunger. Isabelle Foster, Charlie Hoffs, and Samantha Liu are all part of 
October 19, 2020 - Joint Venture has added Coltura and Climate Safe California to its spectrum of initiatives. 
At their quarterly meeting on September 25, the Joint Venture board of directors elected Nicole Taylor, CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Dave Wehner, CFO of Facebook, as new co-chairs. Taylor and Wehner succeed San José Mayor Sam Liccardo and Matt Mahan, CEO of Brigade and now Councilmember-elect for San José district 10. Mayor Liccardo will remain on the Joint Venture board.
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Briefing on the 2020 Silicon Valley Index
Silicon Valley leaders gathered on February 14, 2020 for the 16th-annual State of the Valley conference. Russell Hancock, Joint Venture’s President and CEO, provided a comprehensive briefing of the data contained in the 2020 edition of the Silicon Valley Index, produced by Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies. Hancock emphasizes that, “…the most prodigious regional economy in the history of regional economies,” is tempered by income inequality, homelessness, and impossible transportation woes.
Learn more about the Silicon Valley Index online at www.siliconvalleyindicators.org.
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Silicon Valley Commercial Space - Q2 2020
The Institute’s latest quarterly commercial real estate report prepared in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley showed leasing activity has been muted with concentrated efforts in renewals.
Silicon Valley COVID-19 Impacts: Transportation, Emissions & Air Quality
The Institute has released a report that examines the reduction in Silicon Valley’s regional ground and air transportation, declines in traffic delays, as well as the impact of those reductions on transportation-related injury crashes, regional air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Silicon Valley Index - 2020
Silicon Valley continues its upward spiral with employment growth, eye-popping land transactions, and venture capital flowing into record numbers of megadeals. Yet conditions are harsh for the broad peripheries of the population as inequality reaches new dimensions.
Learn more about the Silicon Valley Index online at www.siliconvalleyindicators.org.
Bridging The Gap (Second Edition) - December 2019
Written primarily for municipal employees, elected local government officials, and civic leaders to help guide their understanding of new and future wireless technologies, this second edition of Bridging The Gap (first published in 2016) updates previous material on the socio-economic value of wireless technologies and the interplay of local vs. federal public policy regarding permitting and costs, and adds sixteen pages of new material on topics including; 5G cellular, CBRS, and reviews of peer-reviewed scientific and academic studies on electromagnetic field (EMF) safety.
