September 18, 2020 – Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies released an analysis of post-COVID unemployment rates alongside 20 years of pre-COVID historical data. The analysis came after the release of preliminary August 2020 labor market data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) via the California Employment Development Department (EDD). The numbers reflect the sharpest month-over-month decline since the region’s unemployment rate peaked at an unprecedented 11.6 percent in April. Between mid-July and mid-August, residential employment in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties rose by 10,850 people, bringing the employment rate down to 7.5 percent.
September 20, 2020 - Joint Venture is tackling the digital divide with leadership from Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg. More than 50,000 students do not have access to the equipment necessary for distance learning. "It really is a utility," said Supervisor Ellenberg, who sits on the Joint Venture board. "If you don't have access to education, or you can't apply for jobs or benefits, then you are essentially cut off." Working with Joint Venture's Community Broadband Initiative, the Supervisor and her board colleagues have secured funding that will match funds from the County Office of Education. 
September 20, 2020 - Joint Venture's Silicon Valley Talent Partnership (SVTP) is providing 
September 20, 2020 - Joint Venture’s Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies has launched a dynamic new 
September 20, 2020 - When Joint Venture board member and Santa Clara County Fourth District Supervisor Susan Ellenberg took office in January 2019, she hoped to focus on children and family issues. The county is the social “safety net” for the region and the perfect place to accomplish her objectives. Just over a year later a new priority engulfed her agenda. Helping her district navigate a pandemic was suddenly part of Ellenberg’s job description. “Through it all, there is one constant: my commitment to the well-being of all children and families in this County,” emphasizes Ellenberg.
September 20, 2020 - Joint Venture is participating in the Amazon.com AmazonSmile program. Every time you shop at AmazonSmile.com, a portion of your sales (0.5) goes to support our work. AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Joint Venture every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact low prices, vast selection, and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to support Joint Venture’s work in your community.
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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.
